Study for "The Golden Stairs"

Charcoal, crayon, and graphite

Blue-black, brown and purplish washes, and white gouache on faded blue-purple paper

Watercolor on blue wove paper

Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on cream wove paper

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Black ink, gray wash, blue-white wash, and black chalk on tan wove paper

Watercolor and gouache over black chalk on cream wove paper; verso: graphite

Graphite on cream wove paper, darkened

Graphite, white gouache, and watercolor on cream wove paper, darkened to brown; verso: graphite

Black and white chalks on gray-green paper

Graphite and white chalk on tan wove paper

Brown ink on blue antique laid paper