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William Makellar
1877-1943
Verona, A Public Place, for Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", Act I, Scene 1
29 January 1907
25 13/16 x 19 7/8 inches (655 x 505 mm)
Opaque watercolor and graphite on paper.
1982.75:655:1
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
Notes
This design was executed for Max Reinhardt's first production of "Romeo and Juliet" which opened on 29 January 1907 at the Deutches Theatre in Berlin.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center, "Romeo u Julia"; signed at lower right, "Karl Walser"; inscribed on verso, "No. 18b 'Romeo unt Julia v. Walser'".
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Century Drawings
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