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1969

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1970

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Costume Design: Christine, for Mourning Becomes Electra

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1969 and we acquired it in 1970. Its medium is brush and watercolor, acrylic on paper with attached velvet swatch. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Karl Eigsti.

Its dimensions are

40.1 × 30.2 cm (15 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated in pen and ink, lower right: Karl Eigsti 69

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, lower left: Christine - Act II / 'Mourning Becomes Electra'

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Christine, for Mourning Becomes Electra; USA; brush and watercolor, acrylic on paper with attached velvet swatch; 40.1 × 30.2 cm (15 13/16 × 11 7/8 in.); Gift of Karl Eigsti; 1970-52-3

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