Set Design for "A Double Life - Apartment", Alcoa Hour, Jan 6, 1957 – Works

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Set Design for "A Double Life - Apartment", Alcoa Hour, Jan 6, 1957

Designer: Maurice Gordon (American, 1913–1971)

American

1956

Medium/Technique Graphite, watercolor

Dimensions Mounted: 41.3 x 86.7 cm (16 1/4 x 34 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Horvitz family in memory of Maurice Gordon

Accession Number2015.2999

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors

DescriptionWriters: Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin, Maurice Valency
Guest star: Shelley Winters

InscriptionsLower right: "A DOUBLE-LIFE" ALCOA/BRETA'S APT. SET H/MAURICE GORDON - DESIGNER/DIRECTOR MARTIN RITT

ProvenanceThe artist; 1971, by descent to Shirley Gordon Horvitz; 2008; by descent to Paul Horvitz; 2015, gift of Paul Horvitz to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)