Legendary Illustrator & Caricature Artist Al Hirschfeld | The Presidio

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David Leopold will join in conversation with program producer Brad Rosenstein for an exhilarating and richly illustrated journey through Hirschfeld’s life and work.

Al Hirschfeld redefined caricature and exemplified Broadway and Hollywood, enchanting generations with his mastery of line. His art appeared in every major publication during nine decades of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, as well as book, record, and program covers; film posters and publicity art; and on fifteen U.S. postage stamps.

Now, The Hirschfeld Century (Knopf, 2015) brings together for the first time the artist’s extraordinary eighty-two year career, revealed in more than 360 of his iconic black-and-white and color drawings, illustrations, and photographs. The book, garnering rave reviews and companion to the current hit exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, features a biographical text by curator David Leopold. Hirschfeld’s longtime archivist, Leopold worked side by side with him and has spent more than twenty years documenting the artist’s extraordinary output in major books and landmark exhibitions.

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