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Drawing, Stage Design: Studies for a Throne, for "Checkmate"
This is a Drawing. It was music composed by Arthur Bliss and designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and production directed by Ninette de Valois and made for (as the client) The Royal Opera House. It is dated ca. 1947 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is pen and black ink on 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
19.7 × 16 cm (7 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Drawing, Stage Design: Studies for a Throne, for "Checkmate" ; Music composed by Arthur Bliss (British, 1891–1975); Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Production directed by Ninette de Valois (Irish, 1898–2001); Client: The Royal Opera House; USA; pen and black ink on white paper; 19.7 × 16 cm (7 3/4 × 6 5/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-286
