The courtroom sketch: A piece of history, and art
A courtroom sketch by the artist Marilyn Church from a hearing in the child custody trial between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in 1993. The Library of Congress recently added more than 200 sketches of the Rodney King police brutality trial to its collection. We are drawing history in the making, one sketch artist said. Mary Chaney Family Trust/Library of Congress via The New York Times.
by Derrick Bryson Taylor
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Sitting in a New York City courtroom in 1993, Marilyn Church unpacked her crayons and paper and patiently waited for the right moment to illustrate. As a courtroom sketch artist, she was used to jockeying for a good vantage point. This time, she was lucky to be seated in an empty jury box, giving her a clear view of both Mia Farrow and Woody Allen during a hearing in their child custody dispute.
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