Joseph Hirsch

Man and Beast
1948

A black and white illustration depicting a man in profile, wearing a hat and a long-sleeved shirt, looking up affectionately at a horse whose head is turned towards him. The horse, adorned with a bridle, appears calm and attentive to the man. The image is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.
A black and white illustration depicting a man in profile, wearing a hat and a long-sleeved shirt, looking up affectionately at a horse whose head is turned towards him. The horse, adorned with a bridle, appears calm and attentive to the man. The image is signed by the artist in the lower right corner.

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Date
1948

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 11in. (40.5 × 27.9 cm) Image: 13 1/2 × 7 1/4in. (34.3 × 18.4 cm)

Accession number
2004.776

Edition
Ed. 250

Publication
Printed by George C. Miller & Son; published by Associated American Artists

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of the Neifeld-Russak Families

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/20059

Joseph Hirsch
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