Italian street musician, illustration published in Vanity Fair, July 1928

© Estate of Miguel Covarrubias

Italian street musician, illustration published in Vanity Fair, July 1928

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Italian street musician, illustration published in Vanity Fair, July 1928,

1928

Miguel Covarrubias, 1904–1957; born and died Mexico City, Mexico; active Mexico City and New York, NY
x1949-143

Information

Title
Italian street musician, illustration published in Vanity Fair, July 1928
Dates

1928

Maker
Miguel Covarrubias
Medium
India ink and wash
Dimensions
43 x 28.9 cm (16 15/16 x 11 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1949-143
Place Made

North America, United States, New York, New York

Inscription
in graphite, center left, written horizontally:4 1/4 | 4 1/2 | 4 1/4 in graphite, lower right: Italian [crossed out] Mexican
Culture
Mexican
Type
drawings
Materials
ink, wash, paper (fiber product)
Subject
Italian, guitars, men, fascism, musicians, figures (representations)

Francis (Frank) Crowninshield, New York, NY (editor of Vanity Fair magazine). Frank Jewett Mather Jr., Princeton, NJ, by 1949; gift to Princeton University Art Museum, 1949.

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