Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for an unidentified production: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for an unidentified male character in an unidentified theatrical production. The drawing depicts a man standing with his hands in his pants pockets. He is wearing a brown pork pie hat with a white hat band, a dark gray vest over a gray striped shirt and a gray tie, light gray high-waist pants, and off-white wingtip shoes. The man and his clothing are outlined in graphite with watercolor and unidentified pigment shading. The stamp for the United Scenic Artists Local 829 is in black ink in the lower left facing corner, with Dearing's signature in black ink below the stamp. The reverse is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974-1995
• Created by: Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995
• Type: design drawings
• Medium: graphite, watercolor, and pigment on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 5/8 × 10 15/16 in. (34.6 × 27.8 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Costume design
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2014.128.19
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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