Reginald Marsh

Metropolitan Opera House
1939

A sketch of a crowded theater scene with a prominent woman in a red dress seated in the foreground. The background is filled with indistinct audience members and ornate decorations. Handwritten text is visible at the bottom of the drawing.
A sketch of a crowded theater scene with a prominent woman in a red dress seated in the foreground. The background is filled with indistinct audience members and ornate decorations. Handwritten text is visible at the bottom of the drawing.

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Date
1939

Classification
Drawings

Medium
Graphite pencil, watercolor, pastel wash, and pen and brown ink on paper

Dimensions
Sheet (Irregular): 8 13/16 × 9 1/2in. (22.4 × 24.1 cm) Image: 4 1/2 × 6in. (11.4 × 15.2 cm) Sheet (Unfolded): 8 13/16 × 11in. (22.4 × 27.9 cm)

Accession number
80.31.127

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Felicia Meyer Marsh Bequest

Rights and reproductions
©Estate of Reginald Marsh/Art Students League, New York/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Reginald Marsh
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