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Wizard of Oz costume designs and illustrations

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

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Additional authors
  1. Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915
  2. MacGeachy, Cora
  3. Walsh, Townsend
Description
  1. 2 ovz. fols. (8 drawings : color; 38 x 51 cm and smaller)
Summary
  1. 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.
  2. 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.).
Subject
  1. Baum, L. Frank 1856-1919. -- Pictorial works
  2. Costume design
Genre/Form
  1. Costume design drawings.
Call number
  1. *T-Vim 2014-066
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. Townsend Walsh (1872-1941), American theater press agent, business manager, drama critic, playwright and actor.
Linking entry (note)
  1. The two W. W. Denslow drawings were separated from the Townsend Walsh collection and were previously cataloged as MWEZ+ n.c. 4946.
Title
  1. Wizard of Oz costume designs and illustrations, 1902-1907 and undated.
Linking entry
  1. 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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Added author
  1. Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 1856-1915, ill.
  2. MacGeachy, Cora, ill.
  3. Walsh, Townsend, col
Research call number
  1. *T-Vim 2014-066
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