Costume drawing by Judy Dearing for George Murchison in A Raisin in the Sun: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for the character George Murchison in the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun. The drawing depicts a man with hair cropped short standing with his hands in his pants pockets. He wears a single-breasted black, tan, and red plaid jacket over a gray sweater vest, a white dress shirt, and a bright red tie. His khaki-colored pants are cuffed at the hem over his black oxford 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 right facing corner, with Dearing's signature in black ink below the stamp. The reverse is blank.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1983-1986
• Created by: Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995
• Subject of: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965
• Type: design drawings
• Medium: graphite, watercolor, and pigment on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 13 11/16 × 11 in. (34.8 × 27.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Broadway Theatre
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Costume design
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Drama (Theatre)
• Topic: Tragedy (Theatre)
• Object number: 2014.128.2
• 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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