Stage Design: Five Draped Figures at the Top of a Grand
Walter Shirlaw · n.d.
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"Stage Design: Five Draped Figures at the Top of a Grand" is a watercolor by American artist Walter Shirlaw. The undated work, measuring 23.4 × 35.5 cm, was executed with watercolor, charcoal, and graphite on ivory wove paper. It is classified as a watercolor within the Prints and Drawings department of the Art Institute of Chicago, which received it as a gift from Arthur M. Herschensohn.
Walter Shirlaw (1838–1909) was an American artist. No specific dates are provided for this artwork, and the catalogue data does not include any information regarding its exhibition history or prior literature.
The provenance for "Stage Design: Five Draped Figures at the Top of a Grand" before its acquisition by the Art Institute of Chicago is not provided in the supplied data. While other undated works by Shirlaw, such as "Studies of Bathers" and "Susanna and the Elders," are held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, these holdings offer no direct comparable market or exhibition history for the subject artwork.
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