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Wizard of Oz costume designs and illustrations

Title: Wizard of Oz costume designs and illustrations, 1902-1907 and undated.

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Status	Container	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Ovz. Fol. 2	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2014-066 Ovz. Fol. 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Ovz. Fol. 1	Still image	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2014-066 Ovz. Fol. 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Description

2 ovz. fols. (8 drawings : color; 38 x 51 cm and smaller)

Summary

Ovz. Fol. 1 - Four costume designs in watercolor and ink: two signed by Cora MacGeachy, two are initialed B. V. D. Also a drawing in ink depicts an unidentified woman and is signed possibly F. Holman. Next, a watercolor and ink study by K. Grey for The Poppy Girl, used to illustrate a poster advertising the 1902 stage production.
Ovz. Fol. 2 - Two ink drawings, signed by W. W. Denslow and presented to Townsend Walsh. One in ink, white gouache, and graphite on illustration board depicts the scarecrow's bust in a window-like frame (12.5 x 14 cm.) and the second in ink and graphite on laid paper is a self-portrait of Denslow holding a painter's palette and brush standing next to the scarecrow seated backwards on a side-chair, with hat and umbrella laid on the floor in the left foreground (22.7 x 20.5 cm.).

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Genre/Form

Costume design drawings.

Note

Townsend Walsh (1872-1941), American theater press agent, business manager, drama critic, playwright and actor.

Linking Entry (note)

The two W. W. Denslow drawings were separated from the Townsend Walsh collection and were previously cataloged as MWEZ+ n.c. 4946.

Call Number

*T-Vim 2014-066

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Title

Wizard of Oz costume designs and illustrations, 1902-1907 and undated.

Linking Entry

The two W. W. Denslow drawings were separated from the Townsend Walsh collection and were previously cataloged as MWEZ+ n.c. 4946.

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Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915, ill.

MacGeachy, Cora, ill.

Walsh, Townsend, col

Research Call Number

*T-Vim 2014-066