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Drawing, Stage Design, Cloister at Night

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Gaëtano Malagodi. It is dated 1869 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white wove 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: 23.2 × 34.4 cm (9 1/8 × 13 9/16 in.) H x W (mat): 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, verso: G. Malagodi

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: visto A Santi dep. / 10 Nov. 69

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design, Cloister at Night; Designed by Gaëtano Malagodi (Italian, 1850 - 1902); Italy; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white wove paper; H x W: 23.2 × 34.4 cm (9 1/8 × 13 9/16 in.) H x W (mat): 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-447

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

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