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1969

  • Work on this object began.

1971

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Stage Design: Salome

This is a Drawing. It was music composed by Richard Strauss. It is dated 1969 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Robert Edward Darling.

Its dimensions are

34.5 × 43 cm (13 9/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, verso: No. 2 / Salome

Cite this object as

Drawing, Stage Design: Salome; Music composed by Richard Strauss (German, 1864–1949); USA; brush and gouache, graphite on paper; 34.5 × 43 cm (13 9/16 × 16 15/16 in.); Gift of Robert Edward Darling; 1971-3-1

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