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1961

  • Work on this object began.

1969

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, Scrim Design: Vienna Street, Christmas Scene, for The Gay Life

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1961 and we acquired it in 1969. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and opaque watercolor on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Oliver Smith.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 31.6 × 55.6 cm (12 7/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp, at lower right: union seal

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink at lower right: Oliver Smith; in graphite at lower right margin: Oliver Smith

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite across lower margin: "THE GAY LIFE" / VIENNA STREET XMAS. SCRIM. / 27' X 48' / OLIVER SMITH - DESIGNER. / 1/2"=1'.0"; and at lower right: PAINT EXACTLY LIKE SKETCH

Cite this object as

Drawing, Scrim Design: Vienna Street, Christmas Scene, for The Gay Life; USA; pen and black ink, brush and opaque watercolor on illustration board; H x W: 31.6 × 55.6 cm (12 7/16 × 21 7/8 in.); Gift of Oliver Smith; 1969-171-13

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