Study for a group, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY
Three sketches of a struggle between two figures. The hand of the maenad covers more of the face than in the definitive design. Two of the sketches are close together in the middle of the sheet.
Credit: Gift of Henrietta Haller
1895-1898
Graphite on laid paper
1904-16-5
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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