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Drawing (USA)

This is a Drawing. We acquired it in 1938. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

It is signed

Signed in charcoal at lower center: Enrico Caruso

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite upper right, recto: 563; lower right: 512. Inscribed in charcoal upper center, verso: AMATO AS AMONASRO IN 'AIDA'; in graphite opposite direction, lower, right:9798/2.

Cite this object as

Drawing (USA); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1313

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