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Drawing, Study for a man, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

This is a Drawing. It was created by Robert Frederick Blum. It is dated 1895–1898 and we acquired it in 1904. Its medium is pastel crayon on tracing paper mounted to board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Henrietta Haller. It is credited Gift of Henrietta Haller.

Its dimensions are

20.2 × 7.3 cm (7 15/16 × 2 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamp in black on support board, lower center, (Lugt 457c): Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study for a man, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY; Robert Frederick Blum (American, 1857–1903); USA; pastel crayon on tracing paper mounted to board; 20.2 × 7.3 cm (7 15/16 × 2 7/8 in.); Gift of Henrietta Haller; 1904-16-3

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