Sunday, November 09, 2008

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Kismet Playbill for the Ziegfeld Theatre (1953)


My guess is that this Playbill was illustrated by Al Hirschfeld, but there's no attribution on the document itself and when I contacted Playbill directly to confirm they said their records don't go back that far.

From my grandfather's collection, which he generously shared with me. Now hanging on my wall.

4 comments:

  1. The Playbill cover is definitely by Al Hirschfeld. It was also used on the souvenir program.

    David Leopold
    Archivist
    Al Hirschfeld Foundation
    dleopold@solowey.com

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  2. thanks for the confirmation, David -- so good to know.

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  3. Excellent! It's gorgeous art plus its Kismet which is a beautiful art musical. I'll put it on my time travel stop and maybe I'll sit by your grandpa while I'm there.

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