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Costume drawing by Judy Dearing for The Homeless Man in Swinging on a Star

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    Object Details

    Created by

    Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995

    Description

    A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for the character The Homeless Man in the musical revue Swinging on a Star. The drawing depicts a man standing with his left hand behind his back. He wears a grey newsboy cap, a light brown single-breasted coat with soiling and stain marks throughout over a white shirt, with a gray scarf around his neck. His loose-fitting pants are dark gray with soiling and stain marks, and are cuffed at the hem over his dark gray oxford shoes. He wears a brown fingerless glove on his right hand with ragged edges on the ends of the cut fingers. 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.

    Credit Line

    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Date

    1995

    Object number

    2014.128.4

    Restrictions & Rights

    Unknown - Restrictions Possible
    Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    design drawings

    Medium

    graphite, watercolor, and pigment on paper

    Dimensions

    H x W: 13 13/16 × 10 7/8 in. (35.1 × 27.6 cm)

    Place used

    New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Art
    Broadway Theatre
    Costume
    Costume design
    Design
    Jazz (Music)
    Musical Theatre

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d5d00b04-41a1-417f-b8b3-cd602ebfde7f

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2014.128.4

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