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1982

  • Work on this object began.

1984

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Drawing, USSR: Annual Ceremony of Accepting Kremlin Rouge

This is a Drawing. It was created by Ronald Searle and designed by Jerrild + Associates and published by Clos du Val Wine Company, Limited and Taltarni Vineyards. It is dated 1982 and we acquired it in 1984. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, opaque watercolor, crayon on heavy wove paper.. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by John Goelet. It is credited Gift of John Goelet.

Its dimensions are

43 × 32 cm (16 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink at lower left: Ronald Searle

It is inscribed

Typed in black ink on paper affixed at lower margin: © Ronald Searle

Cite this object as

Drawing, USSR: Annual Ceremony of Accepting Kremlin Rouge; Ronald Searle (British, active France, 1920 - 2011); Designed by Jerrild + Associates; Published by Clos du Val Wine Company, Limited, Taltarni Vineyards; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, opaque watercolor, crayon on heavy wove paper.; 43 × 32 cm (16 15/16 × 12 5/8 in.); Gift of John Goelet; 1984-93-11

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