- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1988.440
- People
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Al Hirschfeld, American (St. Louis, MO 1903 - 2003 New York, NY)
- Title
- The Union Club Undertakes to Assist Emil Ludwig in his Search for Material for his Projected Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 20th century
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/309934
- Physical Descriptions
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- Medium
- Black ink, blue and white gouache, and blue watercolor on off-white illustration board
- Dimensions
- 59 x 47.7 cm (23 1/4 x 18 3/4 in.)
image: 50.3 x 39.6 cm (19 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: black ink, l.r.: HIRSCHFELD
- inscription: lower margin, black ink: THE UNION CLUB UNDERTAKES TO ASSIST EMIL LUDWIG IN HIS SEARCH FOR MATERIAL FOR HIS PROJECTED BIOGRAPHY OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
- inscription: lower margin, graphite: to come
- inscription: l.r., graphite: Scribners / magazine / #[1503?]
- inscription: verso, graphite: I#468
- inscription: verso, graphite: F7608/1/B.D .
- inscription: verso, black ink, printed: BAINBRIDGE / ILLUSTRATION BOARD / TRADE NUMBER 80 MARK / 22 X 30 OR 30 X 40 / SINGLE OR DOUBLE / THICK / WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY SIZE AND THICKNESS
- Provenance
- 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
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Collection
- Accession Year
- 1988
- Object Number
- 1988.440
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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