Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003). James Joyce and Mickey Spillane, Collier's magazine interior illustration, November...

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Al Hirschfeld (American, 1903-2003)
James Joyce and Mickey Spillane, Collier's magazine interior illustration, November 25, 1955
Ink on board
10 x 7-5/8 inches (25.4 x 19.4 cm) (image)
Signed lower right

Property from the Al Hirschfeld Foundation

Hirschfeld contributed drawings and covers to Collier's magazine since 1948. Yet it wasn't until the magazine hired noted novelist and short story writer John O'Hara to write a weekly column, that Hirschfeld found his niche at the magazine. "Appointment with O'Hara" featured three Hirschfeld drawings a week from February 1954 through September 1956. These vignette drawings provided a wide range of subjects, yet a small space in which to appear. For this spot art he worked on a much smaller board, typically cutting his regular 20 x 30 board into quarters.


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