Hirschfeld's Harlem: Manhattan's Legendary Artist Illustrates This Legendary City Within a City

by Al Hirschfeld

Book Overview

Decades before the PBS documentaries, before Bill Clinton, Al Hirschfeld went to Harlem. No artist ever captured Harlem's dangerous highs and bluesy lows like this Master of the Performing Curve. Hirschfeld began his artistic Harlem odyssey six decades ago, charting that legendary New York neighborhood's special rhythms and moods in splashy feverish hues. Hirschfeld's Harlem opens onto a special portfolio of these full-color works, a pictorial essay...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557835179
• ISBN13: 9781557835178
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 12.3"