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1959

  • Work on this object began.

1969

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Stage Design: Interior, for Chéri

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1959 and we acquired it in 1969. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Oliver Smith.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 22 × 43.7 cm (8 11/16 × 17 3/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed twice in pen and black ink, at lower right of design: Oliver Smith; third signature and date just below design at right: 1 of Oliver Smith '59

It is inscribed

Inscribed lower left margin: Cheri

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design: Interior, for Chéri; USA; brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on illustration board; H x W: 22 × 43.7 cm (8 11/16 × 17 3/16 in.); Gift of Oliver Smith; 1969-171-9

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