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Drawing, Stage Design, Indian Palace Garden for the Ballet "Genghis Khan" by Luigi Henry

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Romolo Liverani and after Alessandro Sanquirico. It is dated 1828 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 19.8 × 27.3 cm (7 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.) H x W (mat): 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed, verso, pen and brown ink: Interno della Tenda del Gengis Kan nel ballo Gengis Kan (Interior of tent of Genghis Kahn in ballet Genghis Khan)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Indian Palace Garden for the Ballet "Genghis Khan" by Luigi Henry; Designed by Romolo Achille Liverani (Italian, 1809 - 1872); After Alessandro Sanquirico (Italian, 1777 - 1849); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on white laid paper; H x W: 19.8 × 27.3 cm (7 13/16 × 10 3/4 in.) H x W (mat): 40.6 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-259

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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