Jun 12, 2008 - Sale 2149

Sale 2149 - Lot 166

Price Realized: $ 2,040
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
AL HIRSCHFELD
Beach Blanket Babylon.

Pen and ink on illustration board. 760x1015 mm; 30x40 inches. Signed in ink, lower right recto.

Beach Blanket Babylon is a San Francisco staple, having run continuously since 1974 and thus becoming the longest running musical revue in history. It is known principally for its outrageous costumes and enormous hats.

An unusually large drawing, done as a gift to Steve Silver, the producer, who appears on the far right, looking out from behind the curtain.