Al Hirschfeld Collection 1951-1965, undated

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Al Hirschfeld Collection 1951-1965, undated

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The Al Hirschfeld Collection, 1951-1965, undated,contains sixteen drawings and two prints of plays, films, and theater personalities.Among the many performers shown are Carol Burnett, Alec Guinness, and Mae West. Manyof the drawings appeared in ;others were used by film and television studios for publicity purposes. The New York Times

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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...