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Portrait of Stefan Hirsch..

Manuscript of a poem written by Theodore Weiss in response to a painting by Stefan Hirsch.

A letter written by Stefan Hirsch to his advisees regarding proper behavior and etiquette on campus.

A drawing on a piece of note paper featuring various tropical animals and Mayan motifs.

A doodle featuring notes about Seurat and pre-Columbian motifs.

A loose sketch from a trip to Iztapalapa, Mexico.

A loose sketch from a trip to Iztapalapa, Mexico.

This portrait demonstrates Hirsch’s interest in the Precisionist style. The geometry of Elsa’s face is carefully highlighted as the tension between volume and expression is resolved in Stefan’s demanding draftsmanship.

Playful and mysterious, here Hirsch uses the motif of the serpent among the ruins of a temple, probably at Chichen Itza. The Mayan feathered serpent deity, Kulkukan, was prominently represented throughout Chichen Itza, and Hirsch and Rogo likely…

Hirsch and Rogo visited the “Temple of the Serpents” at Chichen Itza, a major Mayan site in the Yucatan Peninsula. In Mayan culture, the chacmool was a ceremonial statue featuring a reclining warrior. These statues were centrally featured in Mayan…