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1948

  • Work on this object began.

1958

  • Work on this object ended.

1976

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Preliminary Study, Curtain, New York City Ballet, Saratoga Theater, Saratoga, New York

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Peter Larkin. It is dated ca. 1953 and we acquired it in 1976. Its medium is black pastel, graphite on paperboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

54.5 × 39.9 cm (21 7/16 × 15 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and brown ink, lower right: Saratoga / P. Larkin / Berry Wall

Cite this object as

Drawing, Preliminary Study, Curtain, New York City Ballet, Saratoga Theater, Saratoga, New York; Designed by Peter Larkin (b. 1926); USA; black pastel, graphite on paperboard; 54.5 × 39.9 cm (21 7/16 × 15 11/16 in.); 1976-80-7

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