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Auguste Alfred Rubé
1815-1899
An Indian Arena for an Equestrian Performance
1877
Graphite, with white opaque watercolor, on green-gray paper.
x 16 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches (418 x 582 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:748
Notes:
Donald Oenslager noted that this design was likely for the five-act opera "Le Roi de Lahore" by Jules Massenet, first performed at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on 27 April 1877.
Provenance:
Herbert Feist, New York; from whom acquired in 1965 for $175 by Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
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