Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for Karl Lindner in A Raisin in the Sun
date: label: Date
content: 1983-1986
name: label: Created by
content: Judy Dearing, American, 1940 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965
notes: label: Description
content: A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for the character Karl Lindner in the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun. The drawing depicts a man standing with his left hand hanging at his side and his right hand holding a black briefcase. He wears a taupe fedora hat with a black hatband, a single-breasted dark brown jacket with coordinating pants, a white dress shirt, a black and gray diamond patterned necktie, and tan wingtip shoes. The man and his clothing are outlined in graphite with watercolor and unidentified pigment shading. The stamp for the United Scenic Artists Local 829 is in black ink in the lower right facing corner, with Dearing's signature in black ink below the stamp. The reverse is blank.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Broadway Theatre
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Drama (Theatre)
label: Topic
content: Tragedy (Theatre)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.128.26
objectType: label: Type
content: design drawings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: graphite, watercolor, and pigment on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 13 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (34.9 × 27.5 cm)