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THE AL HIRSCHFELD WINDOW

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Wow! Mike just sent me some pictures of a terrific window display in the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in Manhattan. That's Hirschfeld above, seated in the barber chair he did most of his later caricatures in. Someone...I've gotta find out who...did a bang-up job of transforming Hirschfeld's pen and inks into sculptures. Can somebody out there find more work for this artist? I want to see more exhibits like this!


For comparison, here's (above) the original self caricature that the window image is based on.



Here's (above) how the window looks at night...


...and here's (above) the same window in the daytime. I see Audry Hepburn, Woody Allen, Bernadette Peters, Marilyn Monroe, Whoopi Goldberg and Carol Channing, among others. 


Yikes! A rear 3/4 shot reveals a few of the perspective cheats.



Above, a close-up.




Some of the framed pictures (above) behind the artist have 3 Dimansional elements.


The theatre's housed in the same building as the old Beck Theatre. When it was first built it was the biggest vaudeville theatre in New York. Now it's home to lavish Broadway plays. 


I love the way the sign looks at night (above), though I'm not sure this photo does it justice. 

That's all I have to say about this. Thanks, Mike! 
   


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