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(AL HIRSCHFELD)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
(AL HIRSCHFELD)
(d. 2003) American artist known for his caricatures of theater and entertainment personalities. Spectacular limited numbered edition book Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld, text by William Saroyan. (Hyperion Press, New York) 1941, 13 1/2" x 18", bearing 24 original lithographs by Al Hirschfeld signed in the plate by the artist. Of the 24 original lithographs, 19 depict Harlem residents, and six show Balinese dancers. All are bright and colorful, a few show slight show-through of glue at extreme left margin, common to all copies of this book, otherwise all of the plates are excellent. The covers are good and binding tight, but the entire spine is lost. Perfect copies of this masterpiece are offered at $7,500 - this tarnished beauty is estimated accordingly.

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500.

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