HIRSCHFELD, AL Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld. New York: The Hyperion Press, [1941]. Text by William Saroyan. Number 637 of 10... . New York: The Hyperion Press, [1941]. Text by William Saroyan. Number 637 of 1000 copies. Original illustrated cloth. 24 original lithographs, in text illustrations. 18 x 14 inches. Boards lightly bowed and soiled, a few interior margins thumbsoiled, short tear to the lower corner of the mount of "Seven O'Clock", old dampstain affecting the lower margin of the upper cover, the bottom edge and reaching about 1 1/4 inches into the lower margin of most sheets and mounts (worst at preliminary and final leaves and very faint in places), not affecting the tipped-on plates. Al Hirschfeld's copy of his iconic depiction of 1930s Harlem. Considered by many to be his finest work, the colorful street style and smoky jazz clubs of the Harlem Renaissance are famously captured in illustrations such as "Scufflin' In", "Lindy Hop", "Reefer Man" and "Stompin at the Savoy". C The Al Hirschfeld Collection
HIRSCHFELD, AL Harlem as Seen by Hirschfeld. New York: The Hyperion Press, [1941]. Text by William Saroyan. Number 637 of 10... . New York: The Hyperion Press, [1941]. Text by William Saroyan. Number 637 of 1000 copies. Original illustrated cloth. 24 original lithographs, in text illustrations. 18 x 14 inches. Boards lightly bowed and soiled, a few interior margins thumbsoiled, short tear to the lower corner of the mount of "Seven O'Clock", old dampstain affecting the lower margin of the upper cover, the bottom edge and reaching about 1 1/4 inches into the lower margin of most sheets and mounts (worst at preliminary and final leaves and very faint in places), not affecting the tipped-on plates. Al Hirschfeld's copy of his iconic depiction of 1930s Harlem. Considered by many to be his finest work, the colorful street style and smoky jazz clubs of the Harlem Renaissance are famously captured in illustrations such as "Scufflin' In", "Lindy Hop", "Reefer Man" and "Stompin at the Savoy". C The Al Hirschfeld Collection
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