Object Timeline

1971

  • Work on this object began.

1972

  • Work on this object ended.

2000

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1971–72 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, brown and orange watercolor, white gouache, graphite on gray paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Eldon Elder Associates.

Its dimensions are

66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in. )

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: Elder

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: Fidelio - Act I, Scene 1

Cite this object as

Drawing; pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, brown and orange watercolor, white gouache, graphite on gray paper; 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in. ); Gift of Eldon Elder Associates; 2000-13-1

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