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AL HIRSCHFELD.
“Charlie’s Aunt.” Pen and ink on illustration board. 648x546 mm; 25
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2
x21
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2
inches. Signed
“Hirschfeld 5” in ink, lower right, and captioned in lower margin. Published in The New
York Times, June 28, 1970. Printer’s pencil marks and minor soiling.
[3,000/4,000]
The caption reads “Will Charley’s real aunt please step forward! / Louis Nye & Maureen O’Sullivan
in Charley’s Aunt.”The revival lasted only nine days.
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AL HIRSCHFELD.
“Scratch.” Pen and ink drawing on illustration board, showing Patrick Hagee as Daniel
Webster pleading his case before a judge and jury conjured up by the devil “Scratch” (Will
Geer). 558x760 mm; 22x30 inches. Signed “Hirschfeld 3” and captioned by him, lower
right. Published in the NewYork Times, May 2, 1971.
[2,500/3,500]
An ambitious play written by Archibald MacLeish, based on Stephen Vincent Benet’s “The Devil
and Daniel Webster.”
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