Costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for Porgy and Bess

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A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for an unidentified male character in the musical Porgy and Bess. The drawing depicts a standing man wearing a powder blue single-breasted jacket and matching trousers, a light gray dress shirt, a blue and red striped necktie, and white and dark brown oxford shoes. The man and his clothing are outlined in graphite with an unidentified pigment shading. The stamp for the United Scenic Artists Local 829 is in black ink in the lower left facing corner, with Dearing's signature in black ink below the stamp.

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