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Description of Series
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Individuals
Miscellaneous
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Al Hirschfeld:
A Preliminary Inventory of His Collection in the Performing Arts
Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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Creator: |
Hirschfeld, Al, 1903-2003 |
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Title: |
Al Hirschfeld Collection |
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Dates: |
1951-1965, undated |
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Abstract: |
The Al Hirschfeld Collection, 1951-1965, undated,
contains sixteen drawings and two prints of plays, films, and theater personalities.
Among the many performers shown are Carol Burnett, Alec Guinness, and Mae West. Many
of the drawings appeared in The New York Times;
others were used by film and television studios for publicity purposes. |
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Extent: |
18 items in 18 oversize folders (0.42
linear feet) |
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Language: |
English |
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Note: |
This brief collection description is a preliminary inventory. The collection is
not fully processed or cataloged; no biographical sketch or descriptions of
series are available in this inventory. |
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Repository: |
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University
of Texas at Austin |
The graphic artist and caricaturist Al Hirschfeld was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in
1903. Hirschfeld moved to New York City at the age of twelve and before he was
twenty, he was creating art for motion picture companies. With the help of his
friend Miguel Covarrubias, he perfected a unique drawing style marked by long fluid
pen strokes. He studied at the Art Students League (circa 1918), worked for David
Selznick (1921) and Warner Brothers (1921-1924), and established a studio in Paris
(1924-1925). He became the theater correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune in Moscow (1927-1928), then worked for
The New York Times from 1929. A consummate
traveler, he was famous for his stylized and perceptive caricatures of theater and
public personalities. After the birth of his daughter Nina in 1945, Hirschfeld
concealed her name in almost all of his drawings. A documentary about his life,
The Line King: Al Hirschfeld, was released in
1996. Hirschfeld passed away in 2003.
The Al Hirschfeld Collection, 1951-1965, undated, contains sixteen drawings and two
prints of plays, films, and theater personalities. Many of the drawings appeared in
The New York Times; others were used by film and
television studios for publicity purposes. Productions represented include The Alamo (film), The Night of
the Iguana (stage and film versions), The Rose
Tattoo, St. Joan, Waiting for Godot, and West Side Story.
Among the many performers shown are Carol Burnett (caricatured as Blanche du Bois in
A Streetcar Named Desire), Alec Guinness, and
Margaret Leighton. This inventory includes an Index of Subjects which lists each of
the individuals depicted in this collection.
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Access:
Open for research
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Purchase, 1967 (R3487); 2 drawings transferred from Art Collection, 1 drawing from
Crain Collection
Esther L. Mes, 2001; Helen Adair, 2006
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Productions |
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| 18 |
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The Alamo (film, 1960), drawing
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| Folder |
| 6 |
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The Horse's Mouth (1958),
drawing |
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| 7 |
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I Can Get It For You Wholesale
(1962), drawing |
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The Night of the Iguana |
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| 8 |
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Stage version (1961), drawing |
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| 1 |
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Film version (1964), drawing |
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| 9 |
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The Rose Tattoo (1951),
drawing |
| Folder |
| 10 |
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St. Joan (1956),
drawing |
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| 11 |
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Waiting for Godot (1961),
drawing |
| Folder |
| 12 |
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West Side Story (1957),
drawing |
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Individuals |
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| 13 |
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Burnett, Carol, as Blanche du Bois in A
Streetcar Named Desire (1965), drawing |
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| 2 |
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Guinness, Alec, in Dylan (1964),
drawing |
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| 3 |
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Leighton, Margaret, in The Night of the
Iguana (1962), drawing |
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Mohyeddin, Zia, in A Passage to
India (1962), drawing |
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West, Mae, print, undated |
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| 15 |
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"Tennessee Williams: His Influence and
Realization," drawing, [1959] |
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Miscellaneous |
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| 16 |
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"Americans in London, at the Caprice
Restaurant," drawing, 1951 |
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| 17 |
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Performers in roles that made them famous, print,
undated |
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| 5 |
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"Reefer Man," drawing,
undated |
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- Adams, Maude--17
- Adler, Larry--16
- Allen, Fred--17
- Arliss, George--17
- Bacall, Lauren--17
- Barrymore, John--17
- Belmore, Daisy--9
- Bergman, Ingrid--16
- Bernhardt, Sarah--17
- Bolger, Ray--17
- Burnett, Carol--13
- Burton, Richard--18
- Calin, Mickey--12
- Campbell, Patrick, Mrs.--17
- Capp, Al--16
- Carlisle, Kitty--16
- Carnovsky, Morris--17
- Channing, Carol--17
- Chrysler, Walter--16
- Clark, Bobby--17
- Clark, H. B.--17
- Cohan, George M.--17
- Coote, Robert--6
- Cornell, Katharine--17
- Cowl, Jane--17
- David, Thayer--10
- Davis, Bette--8
- Delevanti, Cyril--18
- Disney, Walt--16
- Draper, Paul--16
- Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr.--16
- Fontanne, Lynn--17
- Ford, Henry, II--16
- Gardner, Ava--18
- Garland, Judy--16
- Gaxton, William--17
- Gillette, William--17
- Goetz, Augustus--16
- Goetz, Ruth--16
- Gordon, Ruth--16
- Gough, Michael--6
- Gould, Elliott--7
- Guinness, Alec--2, 6
- Haas, Dolly--16
- Harris, Julie--17
- Hart, Moss--16
- "Headwaiter Mario"--16
- Hirschfeld, Al--16
- Hoffman, Jane--9
- Howard, Cordelia--17
- Hull, Henry--17
- Johnson, Arch--10
- Johnson, Gully--6
- Jones, W. G., Mrs.--17
- Kanin, Garson--16
- Kaufman, George S.--16
- Kaye, Danny--16
- Keith, Ian--10
- Kerr, Deborah--18
- Kert, Larry--12
- Lawrence, Carol--12
- Leighton, Margaret--3, 8
- Lenihan, Winifred--17
- Leroy, Ken--12
- Love, Phyllis--9
- Lunt, Alfred--17
- Lyon, Sue--18
- MacGrath, Leueen--16
- Mansfield, Richard--17
- Martin, Mary--17
- Massey, Raymond--17
- Maxwell, Frank--10
- Mayer, Louis B.--16
- McKenna, Siobhan--10
- Meredith, Burgess--11
- Merighi, Augusta--9
- Merman, Ethel--17
- Miller, Gilbert--16
- Miller, Kitty--16
- Minotis, Alexis--17
- Mohyeddin, Zia--4
- Moore, Dick--10
- Moore, Victor--17
- Morgan, Mike--6
- Mostel, Zero--11, 17
- Murray, Don--9
- Nathan, Vivian--9
- O’Neal, Patrick--8
- Olivier, Laurence--17
- Paxinou, Katina--15
- Purdy, Richard--10
- Reed, Florence--17
- Rivera, Chita--12
- Robinson, Bill--17
- Roth, Lillian--7
- San Marco, Rossana--9
- Sardi, Vincent--16
- Selznick, David O.--16
- Sherwood, Robert--16
- Shubert, Lee--16
- Skinner, Otis--17
- Smith, Kent--10
- Sorel, Sonia--9
- Stapleton, Maureen--9, 17
- Streisand, Barbra--7, 17
- Sundstrom, Florence--9
- Taylor, Laurette--17
- Toretzka, Ludmilla--9
- Tozere, Frederic--10
- Truman, Margaret--16
- Turleigh, Verno--6
- Valez, Kay--6
- Wager, Michael--10
- Wallach, Eli--9
- Waters, Ethel--17
- Webb, Alan--8
- Weber and Fields--17
- Welles, Orson--16, 17
- West, Mae--14
- Wilder, Thornton--16
- Williams, Tennessee--15
- Wynn, Ed--17
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