Back Stage 8 P.M.
Gerald K. Geerlings
American Art
MEDIUM
Graphite and chalk on paper
DATES
1932
DIMENSIONS
Sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 7/8 in. (29.7 x 22.5 cm)
Image: 11 1/16 x 8 1/2 in. (28.1 x 21.6 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed in graphite, below image lower right: "Gerald K. Gerrlings"
INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed in graphite, below image lower left: "Study for dry-point: Back Stage - 8 p.m. (Grand Opera 1932)"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
70.75.22
CREDIT LINE
Gift in memory of Clarence John Marsman
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Gerald K. Geerlings (American, 1897–1998). Back Stage 8 P.M., 1932. Graphite and chalk on paper, Sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 7/8 in. (29.7 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift in memory of Clarence John Marsman, 70.75.22 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.70.75.22.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.70.75.22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 4/22/2009
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RIGHTS STATEMENT
© Gerald K. Geerlings
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