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1967

  • Work on this object began.

1971

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Prudence, for Dumas et Fils

This is a Drawing. It is dated probably 1967 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is brush and black wash, watercolor, opaque watercolor, graphite on gray illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Freddy Wittop.

Its dimensions are

51 x 38.2 cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in point of brush and black ink at lower right: Freddy / Wittop.

It is inscribed

Inscribed at upper right: Prudence / Hermione Gingold. Verso: Inscribed in point of brush and black ink at upper right: Dumas + Fils / Los Angeles Light opera Comp

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Prudence, for Dumas et Fils; USA; brush and black wash, watercolor, opaque watercolor, graphite on gray illustration board; 51 x 38.2 cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.); Gift of Freddy Wittop; 1971-1-12

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