S&N Al Hirschfeld Absolut Vodka Print Self Portrait. Hand-Signed, Limited-Edition Lithograph.

This print was commissioned by Absolut Vodka and is one of a series of self portraits done by Hirschfeld. This edition was done late in his life and is one of 2 self portrait w the artist incorporates color. The notation of 18/1 indicates that the word Absolut is repeated 18 times in the image, with his daughter's name (Nina) appearing once. The embossed logo below the number is the printers mark. The print does not come with an COA.

This print was signed by the artist on the bottom right and numbered on the bottom left. This print is approx #28 out of #28 out of #130. The print is approx 19 1/4" x 23 7/8" and it weighs 0.20lb. The print is in a good, unused condition with no known damage.

Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars.

Hirschfeld started young and continued drawing to the end of his life, thus chronicling nearly all of the major entertainment figures of the 20th century.[9] During his eight-decade career, he gained fame by illustrating the actors, singers, and dancers of various Broadway plays, which would appear in advance in The New York Times to herald the play's opening. Though the theater was his best-known field of interest, according to Hirschfeld's art dealer Margo Feiden, he actually drew more for the movies than he did for live plays. "By the ripe old age of 17, while his contemporaries were learning how to sharpen pencils, Hirschfeld became an art director at Selznick Pictures. He held the position for about four years, and then in 1924 Hirschfeld moved to Paris to work and lead the Bohemian life. Hirschfeld also grew a beard, necessitated by the exigencies of living in a cold water flat. This he retained for the next 75 years, presumably because "you never know when your oil burner will go on
the fritz." In addition to Broadway and film, Hirschfeld also drew politicians, TV stars, and celebrities of all stripes from Cole Porter and the Nicholas Brothers to the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also caricatured jazz musicians——Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald—and rockers The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia, and Mick Jagger.[11] In 1977, he drew the cover of Aerosmith's Draw the Line album. Hirschfeld drew many original movie posters, including for Charlie Chaplin's films and The Wizard of Oz (1939). The "Rhapsody in Blue" segment in the Disney film Fantasia 2000 was inspired by his designs, and Hirschfeld became an artistic consultant for the segment; the segment's director, Eric Goldberg, is a longtime fan of his work. Further evidence of Goldberg's admiration for Hirschfeld can be found in Goldberg's character design and animation of the genie in Aladdin(1992). He was the subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary film The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story (1996).

This print was part of Michel Roux's estate. He was the liquor icon, who along with ad agency TBWAWorldwide, started Absolut Vodka's iconic print campaign which pioneered the concept of commissioning artists to create legendary advertisements. Starting with the artist Andy Warhol for the famous ABSOLUT WARHOL ad, and continuing on with major artists such as Keith Haring, Annie Leibowitz, Britto, and countless others, Absolut's ad campaign completely redefined the world of vodka. In particular, it reintroduced the once-obscure liquor brand Absolut into the spotlight of bars throughout America.