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1968

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1970

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Costume Design: The Pirates of Penzance

This is a Drawing. It was made for (as the client) New York City Center. It is dated 1968 and we acquired it in 1970. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper with attached trim sample. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Patton Campbell.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 37 × 28 cm (14 9/16 in. × 11 in.)

It is signed

Signed and dated in pencil at lower right: "Campbell '68"

It is inscribed

In pencil, upper left: "'Pirates of Penzance' / Harriet Greene" In pencil, center right: "1" side pleats" In pencil, lower left: "10"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: The Pirates of Penzance; Client: New York City Center; USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper with attached trim sample; H x W: 37 × 28 cm (14 9/16 in. × 11 in.); Gift of Patton Campbell; 1970-53-2

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