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Claude Fayette Bragdon
1866-1946
Cyprus Portico in the Castle, from "Othello", Scene 5
1924
Pen and black ink, on tracing paper; double framing lines; laminated.
Design area: 18 9/16 x 14 3/4 inches (472 x 374 mm); full sheet: 19 7/8 x 15 11/16 inches (472 x 374 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:167
Notes:
This drawing was executed in 1924 for Walter Hampden's production of "Othello".
The top portion of the design area depicts a floor plan for the portico drawing on the bottom section of the sheet.
Inscription:
Signed and dated in pen and black ink at lower right, "Claude Bragdon. Archt 8/14/24 333; inscribed along lower edge, "OTHELLO-SCENE 5: CYPRUS: PORTICO IN THE CASTLE; DAYTIME; in pencil and pen and black ink along top edge, "Reduce to 3 1/2"; in pencil along right border, "5 7/8 25.7" (crossed out); on verso, in pencil in center, "6003 / 59-50 / +2HO; along right border in pencil, "7182 / 31-1 / s".
Provenance:
Estate of the artist; by descent; Henry Bragdon, son of the artist; acquired in 1956 by Donald M. Oenslager.
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