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1947

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1994

  • We acquired this object.

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Drawing, "Champs Elysees" Boys

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1947 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is pen and ink support: paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Valerie and Garry Mitchell.

Its dimensions are

14 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.

It is inscribed

Signed in black ink at lower center: Erte. In graphite, upper left corner: 6 boys/prologue/third revue; upper right corner: 3rd Revue/Juin 1947. On verso, numbered in black ink at above center: No 8452/"Champs Elysees"/ Boys; inscribed in graphite, top left, verso: 6 boys/3S

Cite this object as

Drawing, "Champs Elysees" Boys; France; pen and ink support: paper; 14 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.; Gift of Valerie and Garry Mitchell; 1994-131-2

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