Lot #1217: AL HIRSCHFELD - Numbers King - Original color lithograph

 

Artist: Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903 - 2003).
Title: "Numbers King [from the suite 'Harlem As Seen by Hirschfeld']".
Medium: Original color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1930s. Printed 1941.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 3/4 x 8 15/16 in. (298 x 227 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $1,600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $2,000/2,500
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower left; annotated "P.P." in pencil, lower left; signed in the plate, lower right. A printer's proof aside from the edition of 1,000. Cream laid handmade Canson & Montgolfier (Annonay, France) watermarked paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression. Fine condition. Provenance: Through Daniel W. Triggs, the executor of the estate of Frederick Triggs, Sr., the printer of the edition.
Comment(s): Another impression of this lithograph, unsigned, was offered at $3,000 by Ro Gallery, Long Island City, New York, in April, 2019. Many of the Hirschfeld's images in the Harlem suite have become iconic representations of the African-American experience in the 1930's and are often considered to be the artist's best work. Printed by the Triggs Color Printing Corporation, New York; published by The Hyperion Press, New York. Image copyright © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation, New York. [30048-2-1600-NA]