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1952

  • Work on this object began.

1971

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Dancers Manège, for Ringling Brothers Circus

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1952 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is brush and watercolor, ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 39.5 × 29.1 cm (15 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Lower left: "Miles White"

It is inscribed

Beneath each design: "M1" and "M2" Lower left: "Dancers Manège / Ringling Bros and Barnum / Circus"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Dancers Manège, for Ringling Brothers Circus; USA; brush and watercolor, ink on paper; H x W: 39.5 × 29.1 cm (15 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.); 1971-4-7

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