Object Timeline

1951

  • Work on this object began.

1971

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Set Design: Backyard of Willie Baxter for "Seventeen"

This is a Drawing. It was created by Stewart Chaney. It is dated 1951 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is brush and watercolor and gouache, graphite on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Stewart Chaney.

Its dimensions are

29.5 × 47 cm (11 5/8 × 18 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Verso: Signature in graphite.

It is inscribed

Verso: Inscribed with title in pen and ink.

Cite this object as

Drawing, Set Design: Backyard of Willie Baxter for "Seventeen"; Stewart Chaney; USA; brush and watercolor and gouache, graphite on illustration board; 29.5 × 47 cm (11 5/8 × 18 1/2 in.); 1971-73-9-b

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