Model and Easel

1952

Joseph Hirsch

Associated Names
Joseph Hirsch

Artist, American, 1910 - 1981

Gaston Dorfinant

Printer, French, 20th century

The image depicts a person sitting on a stool, holding a paper or book in one hand and resting the other hand on their head. The setting includes a neutral-toned background with a large easel or structure with vertical bars behind the individual. The person's facial features are partially obscured by shadows, and they have short, dark hair.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black and gray on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 56.52 × 20.96 cm (22 1/4 × 8 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 65.72 × 50.8 cm (25 7/8 × 20 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1231

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cole 1970, no. 25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • American Lithographs from the Corcoran's Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 51

Bibliography

1970

  • Cole, Sylvan Jr. The Graphic Work of Joseph Hirsch. New York: Associated American Artists, 1970, no. 25.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Joseph Hirsch; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: "The Model"

Markings

stamped lower right verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Watermarks

Arches

Wikidata ID

Q77011641

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