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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.443
People
Al Hirschfeld, American (St. Louis, MO 1903 - 2003 New York, NY)
Title
History of the Communist Party
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1942
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309790

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite w/corrections in white gouache on off-white illustration board
Dimensions
actual: 55.8 x 68.8 cm (21 15/16 x 27 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: HIRSCHFELD
  • inscription: left edge, graphite: 8 1/2 picas
  • stamp: l.r., red ink, stamped: PLEASE O.K. / Managing Editor / Editor / Writer / Researcher / Proof Room

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., 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
1988.443
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Lines of old adhesive down left and right sides, c. 2 cm. from edge. Mounted with photo corners, so verso could not be examined 3/01.

Publication History

  • David Leopold, In Line with Al Hirschfeld, exh. cat., Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, NY, 1998), p. 39
  • Frederic Woodbridge Wilson, A Love Affair with Line: Drawings by Al Hirschfeld, brochure, The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, NY, 2002), cat. no. 5

Exhibition History

  • In Line with Al Hirschfeld, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, 01/18/1998 - 04/05/1998
  • A Love Affair with Line: Drawings by Al Hirschfeld, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 06/06/2002 - 09/08/2002

Verification Level

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