Louis in the Sky with Diamonds: LOU and LSD
A flagpole penis. A shrinkâs couch in a pocket. A haloed spider. Did LSD lead Lou Hirshman to abandon caricaturizing the famous? Was his second period a psychedelic trip? Did he make high art or […]
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THE SLAPPING BALLERINA WHO WASN’T HITLER
INTRO: In 1938 when Catherine Littlefield, the force behind the Philadelphia Ballet, got wind that Lou Hirshman had done her in an unflattering caricature, she hunted him down, tore up the sketch and gave him […]