John Rutsey,

I had a slightly different take on that. Could the image be a photo of a photo?

The drummer pic is in a glass frame hanging on wall, superimposed image is that of the photographer and what is behind him reflected in the glass.

I don't think that is Powell in the first pic.

The nose is longer and perhaps more slender, and the jaw is different.

Photos of Powell all look like he had a more round face.

Oh yeah.... blew the picture up on my nice big Mac monitor.. that is a reflection of Spyderman, his cell phone and a picture hanging on the wall behind him. You guys are very freaking observant! I am not:o And there is a signature on the bass drum art work!

The bass drum art is from a well know artist, but I cannot remember who. I have seen it before. Can you make out the signature?

Where is the photo from?

Looks like a big K... I went through a bunch of New Yorker cartoons trying to match it up but was unsuccessful matching a signature, actual work or definitive style match. https://www.cartoonbank.com/

I can's remember the artist name, but there should be a caption below the box that reads..... "People are no damn good"

My dad had a copy of that.....it hung in the downstairs bathroom of our house for years.....

Kevin!! Beauty clue... Cartoonist is William Steig. Amazing body of work from the guy... Including the character Shrek was based on. Interesting... I love the places this forum takes me! Thanks!! So Steig's son is a world famous Jazz flute player . He would probably love to see that picture and might know something about it.

Seems the image on the bass drum was originally submitted to the New Yorker (but not published) in 1930 and later published in William Steig's The Lonely Ones (1942). Which opens the time window pretty wide.

Not a typical bass drum head image in that period--seems like a more contemporary bit of irony.

(I agree that there's great reading out there on Steig.)

Dang it... as the old pilot's saying goes.. I'm out of ideas and altitude. I just can't definitively figure out who this guy might be.

It was wonderful to learn so much about William Steig and and his son from that art work on the bass drum, so maybe some benefit. I'll keep looking but I think this one beat me.

:(

I see Pittsburgh-Corning glass block wall in the background and they are the only manufacturer in he US of that. Began production in late 1930s. I know it doesn't help...