Al Hirschfeld "1945 Dramatic Prize Winners", 1945

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Arrangement

• 1945 Dramatic Prize Winners

Description

Content Description

This drawing by Al Hirschfeld was made just as he was hitting his artistic stride. It features actors in both a Pulitzer Prize-winning play and a Tennessee Williams play, as well as an actor who co-founded the American Negro Theatre in Harlem.

• 1945 Dramatic Prize Winners

  Ink on board (19.25" x 14.25")

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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Al Hirschfeld "1945 Dramatic Prize Winners"; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Keith Sherman, 2018.

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Albert Hirschfeld, (1903-2003) was an American caricature artist who became famous for his drawings of show-business personalities appearing in The New York Times; TV Guide; Life Magazine; American Mercury; Look Magazine; The New York Times Magazine; The New Masses; and Seventeen Magazine. He also illustrated many books in color.