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1930

  • Work on this object began.

1936

  • Work on this object ended.

1961

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Don Fernando, for City Forgotten

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1930–1936 and we acquired it in 1961. Its medium is graphite, red crayon on bainbridge drawing bristol board with attached fabric swatches. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Stewart Walker.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 38 × 28 cm (14 15/16 in. × 11 in.)

It is inscribed

Top right: "CITY FORGOTTEN / DON FERNANDO / (Luther Adler)"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Don Fernando, for City Forgotten; USA; graphite, red crayon on bainbridge drawing bristol board with attached fabric swatches; H x W: 38 × 28 cm (14 15/16 in. × 11 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Stewart Walker; 1961-24-8

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