Lot #939: AL HIRSCHFELD - Ebony Sister - Original lithograph

 

Artist: Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903 - 2003).
Title: "Ebony Sister [from the suite 'Harlem As Seen by Hirschfeld']".
Medium: Original lithograph.
Date: Composed 1930s. Printed 1941.
Dimensions: Overall size: 12 1/16 x 8 7/8 in. (306 x 225 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $600
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $800/1,000
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower left; annotated "PP" 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) paper. Wide margins. 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 $1,200 by Ro Gallery, Long Island City, New York, in April, 2020. 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. [30044-2-600-NA]