Brief

1946 (published 1951)

Joseph Hirsch

Associated Names
Joseph Hirsch

Artist, American, 1910 - 1981

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

Associated American Artists

Publisher

The image shows two men. One man is seated, holding papers and looking at them intently. The other man is standing, looking down at the seated man with glasses in his hand. The seated man has short, slicked-back hair and is wearing a coat and hat. The standing man has short, combed-back hair and is wearing a suit jacket. The background is shaded with no distinct objects.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B. Bristow)

  • Dimensions

    image: 32.7 × 22.23 cm (12 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.48 × 30.48 cm (15 15/16 × 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1227

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cole 1970, no. 13

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

Bibliography

1970

  • Cole, Sylvan Jr. The Graphic Work of Joseph Hirsch. New York: Associated American Artists, 1970, no. 13.

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 127, no. 1146.

Inscriptions

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

Markings

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

Wikidata ID

Q77013463

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