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1927

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1986

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Drawing, Clothes Make the Pirate

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1927 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is brush and gouache, chalk on cardboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Judith and Steven Katten.

Its dimensions are

109 x 55.5 cm (42 15/16 x 21 7/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in blue gouache, right: BATISTE / MADALENA; in graphite: 1927

Cite this object as

Drawing, Clothes Make the Pirate; USA; brush and gouache, chalk on cardboard; 109 x 55.5 cm (42 15/16 x 21 7/8 in.); Gift of Judith and Steven Katten; 1986-118-5

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