Brief, 1946 (published 1951)

Not on View

lithograph in black on wove paper

image: 32.7 × 22.23 cm (12 7/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

sheet: 40.48 × 30.48 cm (15 15/16 × 12 in.)

Cole 1970, no. 13

2015.19.1227

Joseph Hirsch (artist) American, 1910 - 1981

George C. Miller (printer) American, 1894 - 1966

lower right in graphite: Joseph Hirsch; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: "The Brief"

stamped center verso in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Bristow, Frank B.
Corcoran Gallery of Art

1970: Cole, Sylvan Jr. The Graphic Work of Joseph Hirsch. New York: Associated American Artists, 1970, no. 13.

2016: Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 127, no. 1146.