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Drawing, Costume Design: Africa for a Ballet, ca. 1720

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1720 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is lead pencil on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 27.9 × 19.2 cm (11 in. × 7 9/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: a vertical row of three circles under a crown; a cross in the uppermost, "C D" in the second circle

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: Africa for a Ballet, ca. 1720; Italy; lead pencil on paper; H x W: 27.9 × 19.2 cm (11 in. × 7 9/16 in.); 1942-3-18

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