Jun 24, 2021 - Sale 2574
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Sale 2574 - Lot 221

Price Realized: $ 5,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
AL HIRSCHFELD (1903-2003)
Damon Runyon. Pen and ink on board, circa 1980. 511x455 mm; 20 1/4x18 inches, on 27x21 1/2-inch board. Signed "Hirschfeld" in lower right image. Adhered to matte and framed.

Though the complete publication history on this work is unknown, the helpful David Leopold, to whom we are indebted for information on this and the following lot, believes it was created in the late 1970s or early `80s. Sharing a background in newspapers and a penchant for colorful characters, Hirschfeld and Runyon occupied the same world. Over the decades, he created several drawings based on his literary and film works including Guys and Dolls, A Pocketful of Miracles and Little Miss Marker.
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