Don Quixote
Set Design
1962 (made)
1962 (made)
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Set design by Voytek for the ballet Don Quixote, Ballet Rambert, 1962, showing the front gauze for the gipsy encampment in Act II.
Don Quixote, using the choreography of Alexander Gorsky and Rostislav Zakharov, opened at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, on 28 June 1962 and then toured, opening in London at Sadler's Wells on 26 July.
Don Quixote, using the choreography of Alexander Gorsky and Rostislav Zakharov, opened at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, on 28 June 1962 and then toured, opening in London at Sadler's Wells on 26 July.
Object details
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Title | Don Quixote (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Crayon and watercolour on art board |
Brief description | Set design by Voytek for Don Quixote, Ballet Rambert, 1962, showing the front gauze for the gipsy encampment in Act II |
Physical description | Design for a front gauze for Don Quixote, showing clothes and ragged cloths on ropes supported on poles, with hanging animal carcasses, a cooking pot to left and a wheel to right, drawn in black against a blue background. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'ACT II FRONT GAUSE / CAMP / Don Quixote' (Inscribed by the artist in pencil and ink on reverse.) |
Credit line | Bequeathed by Dame Marie Rambert |
Summary | Set design by Voytek for the ballet Don Quixote, Ballet Rambert, 1962, showing the front gauze for the gipsy encampment in Act II. Don Quixote, using the choreography of Alexander Gorsky and Rostislav Zakharov, opened at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, on 28 June 1962 and then toured, opening in London at Sadler's Wells on 26 July. |
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Accession number | S.975F-1983 |
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Record created | May 12, 2011 |
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