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1947

  • Work on this object began.

1957

  • Work on this object ended.

1985

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design for an Opera, "L'Heure Espagnole"

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian. It is dated ca. 1952 and we acquired it in 1985. Its medium is pen and black ink on board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

32.4 × 40.3 cm (12 3/4 × 15 7/8 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamp in red ink on verso [illegible]

It is signed

Verso: Signed in pen and black ink, below stamp: R. Ter-Arutunian

It is inscribed

Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: 'l'heure espagnole'; beneath figure at left: Ramiro; beneath figure at right: Torquemada

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design for an Opera, "L'Heure Espagnole"; Designed by Rouben Ter-Arutunian (American, b. Georgia (formerly Russia), 1920–1992); Netherlands; pen and black ink on board; 32.4 × 40.3 cm (12 3/4 × 15 7/8 in.); 1985-107-1

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