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1954

  • Work on this object began.

1971

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Dancer in a Manège, for Ringling Brothers Circus

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1954 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper with attached fabric swatches. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

37.7 × 27.7 cm (14 13/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and ink, lower left: Manège / M1 / M1

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Dancer in a Manège, for Ringling Brothers Circus; USA; brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper with attached fabric swatches; 37.7 × 27.7 cm (14 13/16 × 10 7/8 in.); 1971-4-11

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