Costume drawing by Judy Dearing for the Moving Men in A Raisin in the Sun

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A costume design drawing by Judy Dearing for the characters Moving Men in the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun. The drawing depicts a man standing with his left hand hanging at his side and his right hand in his waist pocket. The man wears a dark tan newsboy cap, a pair of gray coveralls with black stripes, a green shirt under his coveralls, and brown brogan shoes. The man and his clothing are outlined in graphite with watercolor and unidentified pigment shading. The stamp for the United Scenic Artists Local 829 is in black ink in the lower right facing corner, with Dearing's signature in black ink below the stamp. The reverse is blank.

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