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1968

  • Work on this object began.

1976

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: One Dying, for Die Jakobsleiter

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Hal George and made for (as the client) Santa Fe Opera. It is dated 1968 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is brush and gouache, pastel, graphite on brown paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Lila Tyng.

Its dimensions are

38.6 × 45.1 cm (15 3/16 × 17 3/4 in.)

It is signed

Signed in black ink with artist's monogram, lower right: HG

It is inscribed

Inscribed in black ink, upper left: Die Jakobsleiter; lower right: ONE DYING

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: One Dying, for Die Jakobsleiter; Designed by Hal George; Client: Santa Fe Opera; USA; brush and gouache, pastel, graphite on brown paper; 38.6 × 45.1 cm (15 3/16 × 17 3/4 in.); 1976-80-6

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