Early Original Pencil Portrait by Ben Shahn of his First Mentor, Hessenberg. 1916 [with] Two Page ALS from Shahn to Hessenberg's son Stanley

SHAHN, Ben

Beschreibung

Pencil sketch on 5" x 8" notebook paper. Very faint mat burn at margin and a small paper remnant at the top of the sheet, else near fine. A portrait of Shahn's mentor and first employer, Mr. Hessenberg, owner of Hessenberg's Lithograph Company on Beekman Street in New York. Three-quarter profile of Hessenberg from mid-chest, bespectacled and smoking a small cigar. Captioned in pencil by Shahn: "A moral, sensible well bred man, will not affront no other can." Shahn has Inscribed the drawing at a later date to the subject's son, Stanley Hessenberg and inserted the original date: "for Stanley, a drawing of his father. Ben Shahn 1916." [With]: A very nice two page Autograph Letter Signed from Shahn to Stanley Hessenberg. Folded as mailed, else fine in original envelope sent from Roosevelt, New Jersey and postmarked in 1952. Really quite a wonderful letter discussing the elder Hessenberg: ".evoked a flood of memories. One in particular - a drawing I made of your father many many years ago. I found it! It was in a sketchbook dated 1915-1916. I've had it matted. It gives me great pleasure to send it along. The signature was just put on. I didn't sign my drawings in those days. The little aphorism must have been given to me by your father. I will tell you how fondly I treasure your father's memory. He was such a gentle soul. For a kid to have to go to work at 14 is not very pleasant. To have come under the gentle influence and tutelage of your father was the only compensation.". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 528978

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Early Original Pencil Portrait by Ben Shahn ...

Einband: Unbound

Zustand: Near Fine

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers