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Desmond Heeley
Bottom (Brian Bedford), from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Verso: sketch of Bottom
1984
Graphite, ink wash, gouache on paper.
14 9/16 x 11 inches (37 x 27.9 cm)
Gift of Wiliam J. Schneider.
2019.32
Inscription:
Top right: "Bottom / Toy's hair centre-back/ Hair to match Brians own front. Sides. - / Extra length [asterisk]" Bottom: "Own ears to be covered? / Marvellous hairy about the face? Sideburns - full over sides - continue under chin." Two punched holes along left margin.
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William J. Schneider, New York.
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