Al Hirschfeld portrait: [drawing] 2001

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Al Hirschfeld portrait: [drawing] 2001

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One graphite on paper portrait of the caricaturist Al Hirschfeld by the artist Bill Jacklin is titled Al Hirschfeld and signed Jacklin 4 5 01.

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The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Hirschfeld, Al, 1903-2003

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Albert Hirschfeld was born on June 21, 1903 in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest of the three sons of Isaac Hirschfeld and his Russian-born wife Rebecca. Al Hirschfeld studied art in St. Louis and moved with his family to New York City in 1915. He studied at the National Academy of Art and Design and at the Art Students League, but due to financial difficulties in 1919, he took a job at Selznick Pictures where he was given his first art assignments designing advertisemen...

Jacklin, Bill

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Artist, born in London in 1943, Jacklin has had one-man shows in both London and New York and has participated in numerous group exhibitions around the world. He moved to New York in 1985. Al Hirschfeld, 1903-2003, was a famous caricaturist of theatrical and other subjects. From the guide to the Al Hirschfeld portrait: [drawing], 2001, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) ...