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1924

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1986

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Drawing, Costume Design: No. 118, Eleplant, from Le Roi de Lahore

This is a Drawing. It was made for (as the client) Metropolitan Opera. It is dated 1924 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is brush and watercolor on board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 25.4 × 27.9 cm (10 × 11 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Costume Design: No. 118, Eleplant, from Le Roi de Lahore; Client: Metropolitan Opera; USA; brush and watercolor on board; H x W: 25.4 × 27.9 cm (10 × 11 in.); 1986-102-3

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