Object Timeline

1967

  • Work on this object began.

1968

  • Work on this object ended.

1976

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: One-Eyed Brother, for Die Frau Ohne Schatten

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Robert O'Hearn and made for (as the client) Metropolitan Opera. It is dated 1967–8 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is brush and watercolor, graphite on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

35.2 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Robert O'Hearn

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Die Frau Ohne Schatten" / One-Eyed Brother

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: One-Eyed Brother, for Die Frau Ohne Schatten; Designed by Robert O'Hearn (1921–2016); Client: Metropolitan Opera; USA; brush and watercolor, graphite on paper; 35.2 × 27.8 cm (13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.); 1976-80-4

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