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191 ● AL HIRSCHFELD.The Apple
Tree.
Pen and ink drawing on illustration
board, showing Barbara Harris in 3 poses.
760x558 mm; approximately 30x22
inches. Signed by Hirschfeld lower left,
and captioned by him across the bottom,
“3 Barbara Harris’, femmes fatales in
three one-acters —-’The Apple Tree’
.....” Published in The NewYoprk Times
October 9, 1966. [4,000/6,000]
The Apple Tree opened October 9, 1966 and
ran for 463 performances. Barbara Harris won
the Tony for Best Actress in a Musical.
192 ● AL HIRSCHFELD. Scratch.
Pen and ink drawing on illustration board, showing Patrick Hagee as Daniel Webster
pleading his case before a judge and jury conjured up by the devil “Scratch” (Will Geer).
558x760 mm; 22x30 inches. Signed “Hirschfeld 3” and captioned by him, lower right.
Published in the NewYork Times May 2, 1971. [4,000/6,000]
An ambitious play written by Archibald MacLeish, based on Stephen Vincent Benet’s “The
Devil and Daniel Webster.”
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