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1971

  • Work on this object began.

1973

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: Death, Helene, and Paris, for Le Testament

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Ariel Parkinson and music composed by Ezra Pound and written by François Villon. It is dated 1971 and we acquired it in 1973. Its medium is brush and gouache, watercolor, gilt, graphite, charcoal, pen and ink on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 39.5 × 51.8 cm (15 9/16 × 20 3/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Death . Helene . Paris"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Death, Helene, and Paris, for Le Testament; Music composed by Ezra Pound (American, 1885–1972); Written by François Villon (French, 1431–ca. 1463); Designed by Ariel Parkinson; USA; brush and gouache, watercolor, gilt, graphite, charcoal, pen and ink on laid paper; H x W: 39.5 × 51.8 cm (15 9/16 × 20 3/8 in.); 1973-14-13

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