Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for the USO band in Swinging on a Star

Created by

Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995

Description

A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for the USO Band characters in the musical Swinging on a Star. The drawing depicts a standing man wearing a black single-breasted jacket and pants, a white vest, a white dress shirt, a black bowtie, and black wingtip shoes. The man and his clothing are outlined in black ink 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

1995

Object number

2014.128.18

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

Type

design drawings

Medium

ink, watercolor, and pigment on paper

Dimensions

H x W: 13 7/8 × 10 15/16 in. (35.2 × 27.8 cm)

Place used

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

Classification

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Art

Broadway Theatre

Costume

Costume design

Jazz (Music)

Musical Theatre

Record ID

nmaahc_2014.128.18

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

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GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57370b1d7-d6a4-4ded-8f71-cd96832efd0b