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1909

  • Work on this object began.

1952

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

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Drawing, Color Scheme for Marble Work on Reredos, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York

This is a Drawing. It is dated January 7, 1909 and we acquired it in 1952. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Bancel La Farge.

Its dimensions are

25.5 × 18 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, upper left: Light buff stone; lower center: SCALE 1"=1'-0" / COLOR SCHEME FOR MARBLE WORK ON / REREDOS. / CATHEDRAL OF ST JOHN THE DIVINE; lower left: DRAWING No. 767. / DRAWN BY. Carr. / DATE. Jan 7th 1909; lower right: HEINS & LA FARGE / ARCHITECTS / 30 EAST 21ST ST., N.Y.C.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Color Scheme for Marble Work on Reredos, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; 25.5 × 18 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.); 1952-154-1

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