![]() He purged these drawings of all extraneous pictorial detail, leaving almost only the most essential elements for the composition, and recognition. Forced by the space constraints he literally had to make every line count. Focusing on one performer in a single show, and for a very small space, pushed him to refine his work even more. These weekly works were the laboratory for Al to explore what he could do with line. Hirschfeld’s Sunday drawings, often splashed across the top of the fold of the “Arts and Leisure” section of The New York Times, and which were usually cast composites contrasted with his “Friday” drawings for the Times’ theater column. This is adapted from The Hirschfeld Century: A Portrait of An Artist and His Age (Knopf, 2015) Butterfly to soon open on Broadway, we decided to look back on Hirscheld ’ s drawings of the original production almost thirty years ago. ![]()
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