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1940

  • Work on this object began.

1950

  • Work on this object ended.

1978

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Carnival Costume Design, ca. 1940-50

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Pavel Tchelitchew. It is dated ca. 1940-50 and we acquired it in 1978. Its medium is pen and blue ink on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Alexander J. Yow.

  • Carnival Figure
  • glass.
  • Lent by The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial....
  • 48.2016.8

Its dimensions are

24 × 15.3 cm (9 7/16 × 6 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Carnival Costume Design, ca. 1940-50; Designed by Pavel Tchelitchew (Russian, 1898–1957); Russia; pen and blue ink on paper; 24 × 15.3 cm (9 7/16 × 6 in.); 1978-164-1

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