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1921

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Costume Design: Carnation Girls, Midnight Frolic, for Ziegfeld Follies

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Charles LeMaire. It is dated 1921 and we acquired it in 1970. Its medium is brush and watercolor, crayon, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Charles LeMaire.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 58.3 × 37.8 cm (22 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pencil, lower right: "LeMaire - 21"

It is inscribed

In pencil, lower left: "Carnation Girls / Midnight Frolic"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Carnation Girls, Midnight Frolic, for Ziegfeld Follies; Designed by Charles LeMaire (American, 1897–1985); USA; brush and watercolor, crayon, graphite on paper; H x W: 58.3 × 37.8 cm (22 15/16 × 14 7/8 in.); 1970-55-2

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