Carlo Ferrario
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Carlo Ferrario
1833-1907
Ulrica's Hut from Verdi's "A Masked Ball"
Watercolor and pen and black ink, on paper.
8 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches (205 x 298 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:215:24
Notes:
This sheet belongs to a group of twenty-seven drawings by the artist that were part of a now dismembered album. It is pasted onto a secondary support that serves as a mat. It shows a set design for Act I, Scene 2 of Verdi's opera.
Inscription:
Inscribed on mat in type print, at upper center, "Opera Un Ballo in Maschiera", and at bottom center, "Ferrario C"; below this, handwritten in pencil, "IX-B-24".
Provenance:
Randolph Gunter; Donald M. Oenslager, New York.
Associated names:
Gunter, Randolph, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901. Ballo in maschera.
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