(CARICATURE) AL HIRSCHFELD Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherla

Sale 2440 - Lot 230

Price Realized: $ 2,500

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

AL HIRSCHFELD.
"Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands." Cover illustration for The American Mercury, published May 1, 1946. Gouache on board. 444x234 mm; 17 1/2x12 3/4 inches. Signed in black, lower image. Overall light fading where exposed by matte window, a few surface marks to recto. Hammer Galleries label on verso.

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From 1943 to 1946, Hirschfeld contributed the cover illustration to every issue of The American Mercury magazine. The subject was always a portrait, most often a world leader or an American political figure, and frequently in color. It became a particularly special and beloved commission for him. He continued through December 1946 and created three more in the first half of 1947. Crafted with a more restrained and detailed hand than his usual caricatures, they represent a unique strand of Hirschfeld's portraits.