In January of this year, we published a remarkable article by a Duke Ellington scholar that revealed Hirschfeld’s important contribution to Ellington’s early career, and how Al helped Duke deal with racism in his first national tours. We are regularly discovering new aspects of Hirschfeld’s art, as well as discovering works that we had never seen before.
Dec 20, 2018
Al Hirschfeld's Show Business
For an artist who has been gone for fifteen years, Al Hirschfeld remains pretty busy.
Nov 12, 2018
The Al Hirschfeld Foundation Returns to California For Another Pop Up Gallery
We are pleased to partner again with Stuart Ng Booksto bring a one night only exhibition and sale to the Los Angeles area this Tuesday, November 13th.
Nov 12, 2018
Hirschfeld's Copy of Hemingway's First Book on Sale
There were only three hundred copies of Ernest Hemingway's first book published in 1923, and one was purchased by a young American artist who had gone to Paris to, in his words, “get rid of the commercial side of my art." Already a veteran of movie studio publicity departments where he had only recently discovered caricature, the 22 year old Al Hirschfeld picked up a copy of Hemingway's first book at Shakespeare and Company in 1925.
Oct 19, 2018
Event Honoring Louise Hirschfeld Cullman
On September 24th, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation celebrated its founder, Louise Hirschfeld Cullman with a special night at the National Arts Club.
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