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Design for Amahl and the Night Visitors

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Eugene Berman
1899-1972

Design for Amahl and the Night Visitors

1952
13 15/16 x 23 1/8 inches (353 x 587 mm)
Pen and black ink, with watercolor and opaque watercolor, on board.
1989.42

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Notes
A design for the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" by Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-), which opened at the New York City Opera in April of 1952.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper left, pen pen and black ink, "Backdrop"; at upper center, "Amahl and the Night Visitors"; at upper right, "New York. April 1952"; signed with initials and dated at upper center, "E.B. [encircled] / 19...52".
Classification
Century Drawings