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Joseph Hirsch
Man avec masque

1969

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Man with Mask Lithograph, 1969 Signed in pencil by the artist 95/100 Printed by Lucien Detruit, Paris Published by AAA, New York Reference: AAA Index No. 60 Condition: Mint Image size: 14 x 11 7/8 inches Sheet size: 22 1/8 x 17 15/16 inches American artist Joseph Hirsch (1910–1981) emerged at the forefront of the Social Realist art movement during the twentieth century, taking inspiration for his work from everyday events and ordinary people. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Hirsch left to pursue art in New York City in the early 1930s. This period, following the end of World War I and at the onset of the Great Depression, saw an increase in economic inequality and racial conflict. Artists such as Hirsch responded to these conditions with politically conscious art depicting poor and working-class people, labor unionists, and the disenfranchised in figurative and realistic images, known today as Social Realism. Hirsch connected art with moral responsibility, arguing, “I believe that someday the fabric of art will be threaded with morality, enabling us to distinguish evil from good. Today this is unthinkable, in the delightful art world where, excepting censorship, anything goes. But anything goes does not accord with the more discriminating ethics of our civilized code which rules out what is socially destructive.” Banquet was created by Hirsch in 1945 for publication by the Associated American Artists (AAA). Founded by Reeves Lewenthal in 1934, the AAA created original and signed prints in editions of 250, which it distributed for $5 per print or the equivalent of about $85 in 2018. Through department store and mail order sales, as well as traveling exhibitions, the goal of the AAA was to stimulate the American public’s interest in owning fine works of art. Hirsch’s print comments on the state of the workplace in the 1940s. Following the start of World War II, there was a high demand for workers in war-related industries. However, African Americans were often denied better-paying jobs and were discouraged from joining the military. In 1941, labor and civil rights leader A. Philip Randolph (1889— 1979) threatened a mass march on Washington, D.C., in protest of racial discrimination in industry and the military. In response, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882—1945) issued Executive Order 8802 declaring that “there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or Government because of race, creed, color, or national origin.” Seven years later, Randolph’s advocacy led President Harry S. Truman to ban segregation in the armed forces. Hirsch, who was white, created this print four years after Roosevelt’s executive order. He portrays two factory workers eating lunch side by side. A white man bites down on a piece of bread, while an African-American man drinks his last sip of coffee. The men are depicted in profile from a perspective that positions us—the viewers—at an equal level, perhaps as another worker on break or a fellow customer at a lunch counter. The print depicts the ideal of racial unity in the workplace and sheds light on these crucial early decades of the Civil Rights Movement. Hirsch created this print through the process of lithography—a printing process based on the fact that grease and water do not mix. Invented in the late eighteenth century, lithography is a technique which involves drawing on a flat surface, traditionally limestone, with a greasy substance such as a crayon or a liquid called tusche. Once the image is completed and ready to print, the artist applies a chemical mixture on the surface of the stone to secure the image in place. Water is then applied to the surface, adhering to the non-greasy areas of the plate and allowing the artist to roll ink only onto the image. A sheet of paper is placed atop the stone and rolled through a press, allowing the ink to transfer from the stone to create a print. Courtesy Portland Art Museum :“Joseph Hirsch "scribbled more than the average" when he was a boy and later remembered that his mother often gave him a sketchbook to pass the time. He won a scholarship to art school when he was seventeen and a few years later was one of the youngest painters to receive the Walter Lippincott Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Hirsch worked as an artist-correspondent during World War II, sketching planes and hospitals throughout the Pacific. His monumental images celebrate ordinary people and situations, reflecting his belief that "any painting that has to do with life is a commemoration." (Hirsch, Recent Paintings and Drawings: May 28-June 13, 1980, Exhibition Catalogue, 1980) Courtesy SAAM, Washington "Joseph Hirsch was an American artist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art before moving to New York City to study with George Luks. Luks introduced the young artist to Social Realism. He served as a pictorial war correspondent for the navy during World War II, making war posters and depicting the troops on the battlefield. Many of his drawings and paintings from this time are in the Museum of Military History. In an interview, Hirsch once said ''I believe that some day the fabric of art will be threaded with morality, enabling us to distinguish evil from good. Today, this is unthinkable, in the delightful art world where, excepting censorship, anything goes. But anything goes does not accord with the more discriminating ethics of our civilized code which rules out what is socially destructive.'' Courtesy Old Print Shop
  • Créateur:
    Joseph Hirsch (1910 - 1981, Américain)
  • Année de création:
    1969
  • Dimensions:
    Hauteur : 35,56 cm (14 po)Largeur : 30,18 cm (11,88 po)
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  • Adresse de la galerie:
    Fairlawn, OH
  • Numéro de référence:
    Vendeur : FA8277_B1stDibs : LU14015724322

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