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Rare Al Hirschfeld SOVIET WORKER Original Litho Signed

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,600.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 5,800.00 USD
Rare Al Hirschfeld SOVIET WORKER Original Litho Signed
Offered here is a rare signed original lithograph by "The Line King" - Al Hirschfeld (U.S. 1903 - 2003). This arresting image appeared in The New York Times obituary:"Soviet Worker" Lithograph on paper Printed by George Miller, NYC Signed in pencil and dated ('36) by the artist under the plate sig LR Framed size: 19½ × 23½ Image showing under mat is about 11 × 15 Lithograph appears to be in excellent condition (has not been examined outside of the frame) Framed in gold leaf with gold filet Frame shows very slight age and use Certificate of Authenticity is included This information is from Al Hirschfeld, Beyond Broadway, an online exhibit from the Library of Congress: "Al Hirschfeld and Broadway have been inseparable for seventy-five years, since he published his first theatrical caricature in 1926. Yet for Hirschfeld there has always been a world beyond Broadway exciting his passions and focusing his vision. His intellectual horizons have embraced a wide variety of influences. He studied art in New York and Paris, traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, and began his professional career at the precocious age of eighteen in the budding movie industry. He took art classes at night, studied the art of the great European illustrators, and learned from such celebrated American masters as Charles Dana Gibson and John Held, Jr. During the 1920s he found inspiration in his friendship with Mexican caricaturist Miguel Covarrubias; they shared a studio, a love of graphic line, and a profound interest in the Harlem Renaissance. In 1928, Hirschfeld traveled to Russia to review the impact of the Revolution on the performing arts. In 1932, he followed Covarrubias to Bali, where the contrast of dark shadows and bright sunlight transformed his art. During the early years of the Depression he empathized with the aims of Works Progress Administration (WPA) artists, producing witty, stylized cartoons and powerful political prints supporting social reform. Soon, however, motivated more by art than politics, he eliminated social content from his work entirely, pursuing instead with single-minded devotion the spirited, irrepressible linear style for which he has become internationally renowned."
A rare acquisition for the advanced collector.
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