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Al Hirschfeld Mask Art Original Painted Sculpture 1999

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:4,000.00 USD Estimated At:10,000.00 - 12,500.00 USD
Al Hirschfeld Mask Art Original Painted Sculpture 1999
This is an original mask created by celebrated artist Al Hirschfeld. Known for his clever caricatures, Hirschfeld has gone three-dimensional on this stunning piece. The black on white goes perfectly with his drawing style, and it also evokes the traditonal theater mask. This mask is a bit unconventional though, especially with the addition of clear bubble wrap for the beard. The mouth is painted over the bubble wrap. * * Artist: Al HirschfeldSignature: In in ink on back: "HIRSCHFELD"Date: 8/13/99, also marked on backComposition: Plaster painted white, with black paint and plastic bubble wrap taped onSize: 5 1/8 x 8 inches x 2 1/4 inches deepOther details: Metal loop on back for hangingCertificate of Authenticity: Included, signed by the artist Originally purchased at: Masks Charity Auction, presented by Art & Antiques, and Sotheby's Original minimum bid price: $20,000 * * Biography * Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003) studied art in New York and Paris, and traveled throughout Europe and Asia, before beginning his professional career at only eighteen years old. His first job was in movie industry. He took art classes at night, studying the art of the great European illustrators, as well as American masters Charles Dana Gibson and John Held, Jr. * Here is a perfect description of Hirschfeld, as desribed by Bob Staake, author of The Complete Book of Caricature. * "For over 8 decades, Hirschfeld came to embody caricature innovation with an insight, vision and command of technique that elevated the art from the slavish (historically accepted) act of graphic buffoonery to interpretive expressionism. From motion pictures to television, theater to the arts, your celebrity stock rose when you found yourself the lucky subject of a Hirschfeld caricature, and while there were notable exceptions, few celebrities drawn by the master ever bristled at his interpretation of them, the artist's distinct style so elegant, so breathless, that negativism found it nearly impossible to seep forth from his intrinsically decorative artwork."
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