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1958

  • Work on this object began.

1974

  • We acquired this object.

2015

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Drawing, Production Design: Porgy and Bess Film

This is a Drawing. It is dated March 1958 and we acquired it in 1974. Its medium is charcoal, orange and blue crayon on tracing paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 45 × 69.8 cm (17 11/16 × 27 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

In pencil, lower right: "Porgy & Bess SCALE 1/2" = 1' – 0"/ ED. HELD / MAR. / 58"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Production Design: Porgy and Bess Film; USA; charcoal, orange and blue crayon on tracing paper; H x W: 45 × 69.8 cm (17 11/16 × 27 1/2 in.); 1974-55-2

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