Object Timeline

1933

  • Work on this object began.

1943

  • Work on this object ended.

1963

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Glamour Girl or Bal Masque, for "Dashing Blades"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is dated ca. 1938 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is colored crayon on thin white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

26.5 × 21.5 cm (10 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Upper right, in pencil: "Glamour girl or bal masque" Right center: "silk / jersey with folds"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Glamour Girl or Bal Masque, for "Dashing Blades"; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); USA; colored crayon on thin white paper; 26.5 × 21.5 cm (10 7/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-266

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