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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.437
People
Al Hirschfeld, American (St. Louis, MO 1903 - 2003 New York, NY)
Title
Central Park
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1939
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309772

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on off-white illustration board
Dimensions
actual: 73.4 x 49 cm (28 7/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: HIRSCHFELD -39
  • inscription: center right, black ink: PLEASE KEE[P] / THIS COPY / CLEAN-- D[O] / NOT MARK [ ] / RETURN T[O] / HIRSCHFELD / 122 EAST [ ] / NEW YORK 2[ ]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Al Hirschfeld, New York, New York; through [Margo Feiden Galleries, New York, New York], sold; to [Seiden and de Cuevas Inc.],1981, sold; to Harvard Theatre Collection, Cambridge Massachusetts, transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Collection
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
1988.437
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sheet has been cut down at right edge. Mounted to mat with photo corners, so verso could not be examined 3/01.

Publication History

  • Clare Bell, Hirschfeld's New York, exh. cat., Museum of the City of New York and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, 2001), repr. p. 35

Exhibition History

  • Hirschfeld's New York, Museum of the City of New York, New York, 10/13/2001 - 01/27/2002

Verification Level

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