Object number1864.1.128

The Opera Box

DateNd

Artist Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892)

CultureFrench

MediumWatercolor on paper

DimensionsMatted: 16 x 22 in. (40.64 x 55.88 cm)
Sheet: 7 x 9 3/8 in. (17.78 x 23.81 cm)

Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

Drawings and Watercolors

SignedNot signed or dated

InscribedInscribed (LL, in Magoon's hand): Gavarni Opera Box

ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon

Vassar Exhibitions

Accessorizing Paris: Fashion and Art in the Nineteenth Century

Exhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC(Prints and Drawings Gallery), Vassar College, "Revealed Anew: Selections from Permanent Collections," 7 November - 4 January 2008;

Poughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC (Focus Gallery), Vassar College, "Accessorizing Paris: Fashion and Art in the Nineteenth Centruy," 16 January - April 8, 2018.

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