10 Great Posters by Al Hirschfeld


“Work to me is something you don't want to do, but you have to do it to live,” famed caricaturist Al Hirschfeld once remarked when discussing his remarkable, eight-decade-long career. “But what I do, I would do whether anybody wanted it or didn't want it.” To many performers in show business, being drawn by Hirschfeld ranks—along with loyal fans, critical raves and industry awards—as one of the true measures of celebrity. Though known primarily for his work in the world of the Broadway stage, the artist crafted a number of movie posters, mainly in the thirties and forties. Here are a handful of our favorites.