Lot #809: AL HIRSCHFELD - Baris Dancer, Bali - Original lithograph

 

Artist: Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903 - 2003).
Title: "Baris Dancer, Bali [from the suite 'Harlem As Seen by Hirschfeld']".
Medium: Original lithograph.
Date: Composed 1930s. Printed 1941.
Dimensions: Overall size: 11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in. (303 x 225 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower left; annotated "PP" in pencil, lower left; signed in the plate, lower righft. A printer's proof aside from the edition of 1,000. Cream laid handmade Canson & Montgolfier (Annonay, France) watermarked paper. Full margins as issued. 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 $650 by Ro Gallery, Long Island City, New York, in April, 2020. Many of the images in this suite are often considered to be among 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. [30060-2-400]