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1910

  • Work on this object began.

1920

  • Work on this object ended.

1938

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, Enrico Caruso as Don José in "Carmen"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Enrico Caruso and sitter: Enrico Caruso. It is dated ca. 1915 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink on stationery paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

26.8 × 20.3 cm (10 9/16 × 8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: Enrico Caruso

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right, recto: 462; and in opposite direction, verso: 841/1.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Enrico Caruso as Don José in "Carmen"; Enrico Caruso (Italian, 1873–1921); USA; pen and ink on stationery paper; 26.8 × 20.3 cm (10 9/16 × 8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1315

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