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"Massachusetts Normal Art School 1883" black crayon drawing of Male Circus Performer on Paper stamped and dated upper right corner recto. Height 27 inches (68.5 cm.) X width 17 1/4 inches (44 cm.). NOTE: In 1873, the Massachusetts Normal School opened its doors in Boston in response to the Massachusetts Drawing Act, a progressive 1870 mandate requiring all cities in the Commonwealth of over 10,000 residents to include drawing in their public school curricula. Today it is known as MassArt, the Massachusetts College of Art & Design.