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1955

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Costume Design: Slave, for Salome

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Jay Keene and written by Oscar Wilde and music composed by Richard Strauss. It is dated 1955 and we acquired it in 1970. Its medium is brush and watercolor on wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Jay Keene. It is credited Gift of Jay Keene.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 34 × 24.7 cm (13 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Lower right: "SLAVE" Verso: title, date, and signature

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Slave, for Salome; Music composed by Richard Strauss (German, 1864–1949); Written by Oscar Wilde (Irish, 1854–1900); Designed by Jay Keene; USA; brush and watercolor on wove paper; H x W: 34 × 24.7 cm (13 3/8 × 9 3/4 in.); Gift of Jay Keene; 1970-51-4

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