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Drawing, Old Spain Offers Inspiration for Costumes of Great Beauty

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Ruth Reeves. It is dated 1919 and we acquired it in 2025. Its medium is pen and ink with pencil. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 47 × 47 cm (18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

20/22 48% Verso: At middle left: M Crawford At lower right: September 7, 1919/ Old Spain offers inspriation/ for costumes of great beatuy. / Study of canvases of her / masters reveals possibilities / for gowns that reflect Spain's / ancient glory. 366

Cite this object as

Drawing, Old Spain Offers Inspiration for Costumes of Great Beauty; Designed by Ruth Reeves (American, 1892–1966); pen and ink with pencil; H x W: 47 × 47 cm (18 1/2 × 18 1/2 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund; 2025-2-3

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