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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.442
People
Al Hirschfeld, American (St. Louis, MO 1903 - 2003 New York, NY)
Title
Dean Acheson (1893-1971)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1950
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309789

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache and black ink on off-white cardboard
Dimensions
51.2 x 38.1 cm (20 3/16 x 15 in.)
image: 30.5 x 22.1 cm (12 x 8 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: hirschfeld
  • inscription: l.r., black ink: DEAN ACHESON
  • label: verso, black felt-tip: 127 / [crossed out: 180]
  • inscription: verso, red ball-point: 12 1/8 x 10 7/8

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
1988.442
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Reproduction only], The American Mercury, (April 1950)., repr. on cover
  • The World of Hirschfeld, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1970), repr. in color, fig. 127

Verification Level

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