Box 7
Contains 10 Results:
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1949-1979
Letters Hirsch wrote to the News & Courier and Charleston Evening Post, along with a personal card. Also includes a greeting card from another Willard Hirsch of Rego Park, New York, and a grateful letter (1949) to Hirsch from J. Waties Waring.
Air traffic over Charleston, 1981-1982, undated
Correspondence between Hirsch and government officials of South Carolina regarding military planes flying low over downtown Charleston.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2008-2009
Includes correspondence between Charleston artist Katherine Schneider and the Smithsonian regarding the works of Willard Hirsch. Also includes a letter from Schneider to Mordenai Hirsch.
Joseph I. Waring bust, Medical University of South Carolina, 1979
This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.
"Falling Angel", 1979-1983, undated
Clippings and correspondence related to the sculpture sold in 1981.
"Little Bronze", 1980
This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.
"Do Si Do", 1980-1985, undated
This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.
John Conroy bronze, 1981-1983
This series consists of clippings, correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other items pertaining to individual sculptures or other works of art by Willard Hirsch, often with related materials added over time. Some pieces were commissioned specifically by individuals, universities, or other institutions. Many of the commissioned pieces were busts of local Charlestonians, or were intended for installation at specific buildings, parks, or other sites.
Brookgreen Gardens, 1984-1985
Materials related to donation and installation of Hirsch's "Joy of Motherhood" sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Hirsch was only the third South Carolina sculptor to be represented in Brookgreen's collection.
Temple Oheb Shalom, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985
Materials related to Hirsch's sculpture of "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel" that was gifted to the temple.