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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1988.444
People
Al Hirschfeld, American (St. Louis, MO 1903 - 2003 New York, NY)
Title
Richard Kiley in "Man of La Mancha"
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1977
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/309783

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink on white Saunders watercolor board
Dimensions
actual: 76.4 x 56.1 cm (30 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: Hirschfeld 3
  • inscription: u.r., black ink, in artist's hand: RICHARD KILEY "THE MAN OF LA MANCHA"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Al Hirschfeld, New York, New York; through [Margo Feiden Galleries, New York, New York], sold; to [Seiden and de Cuevas Inc.],1978, sold; to Harvard Theatre Collection, Cambridge Massachusetts, transfer; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1988.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Melvin R. Seiden Collection
Accession Year
1988
Object Number
1988.444
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Reproduction only], "Don Quixote Returns", The New York Times, (New York, NY, September 11, 1977)., repr. on front page of Arts and Leisure section
  • Artists in Line: An Al Hirschfeld Retrospective, brochure, Brandywine River Museum of Art (Chadds Ford, PA, 1990), repr. on cover; no. 31 in checklist
  • David Leopold, In Line with Al Hirschfeld, exh. cat., Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, NY, 1998), p. 40, repr. p. 29
  • Frederic Woodbridge Wilson, A Love Affair with Line: Drawings by Al Hirschfeld, brochure, The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, NY, 2002), cat. no. 21

Exhibition History

  • Artists in Line: An Al Hirschfeld Retrospective, Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, 03/16/1990 - 05/20/1990
  • In Line with Al Hirschfeld, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, 01/18/1998 - 04/05/1998
  • A Love Affair with Line: Drawings by Al Hirschfeld, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 06/06/2002 - 09/08/2002
  • The Hirschfeld Century: An Al Hirschfeld Retrospective, New York Historical Society, New York, 05/22/2015 - 10/12/2015

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