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Wednesday, 23 February 2011

The Great Al Hirschfeld

Posted on 13:06 by Unknown
Toby Neighbors has put together another fantastic tribute to a mid-century illustrator - this time its the great Al Hirschfeld. Visit Toby's site, illostribute.com for an extensive biography of Hirschfeld, a nice selection of his art and, of course, a whole series of wonderful 'tribute' pieces by contemporary illustrators!

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All of today's images are © The Al Hirschfeld Foundation

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