Object Timeline

1960

  • Work on this object began.

1970

  • Work on this object ended.

1971

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Costume Design: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1965 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is brush and clear and opaque watercolor, graphite on gray cardboard. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Freddy Wittop.

Its dimensions are

50.5 x 37.3 cm (19 7/8 x 14 11/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed, lower right.

It is inscribed

In watercolor, upper right: "On a Clear Day / You CAn See Forever" In pencil, upper right: "Fun & Games / #122" Lower right: "Franzos"

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever; USA; brush and clear and opaque watercolor, graphite on gray cardboard; 50.5 x 37.3 cm (19 7/8 x 14 11/16 in.); Gift of Freddy Wittop; 1971-1-19

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