Costume design
Costume Design
ca.1940-1960 (made)
ca.1940-1960 (made)
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Line drawn pen and ink sketch with highlights in coloured pencil, showing a female figure in an evening dress, created by Cecil Beaton, for an unidentified production, circa 1940-1960.
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
Object details
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| Title | Costume design (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on cream paper with highlights in coloured pencil crayon. |
| Brief description | Line drawn pen and ink sketch with highlights in coloured pencil, showing a female figure in an evening dress, created by Cecil Beaton, for an unidentified production, circa 1940-1960 |
| Physical description | Line drawn pen and ink sketch showing a female figure in an evening dress. The dress has a wide neckline and sits low on the shoulders. The sleeves are short and full. Coloured pencil crayon has been used to add detailing to the sleeves and the deep pointed 'V' at the centre front of the bodice. The skirt extends into a train at the centre back and is decorated with large bows, as are the tops of the sleeves. The sketch has been drawn on the rear of a page of type written text. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Cynthia/lime yellow/& buttercups' (Handwritten annotation in ink, right hand side of the design.) |
| Credit line | Given by the executors of Eileen Hose |
| Summary | Line drawn pen and ink sketch with highlights in coloured pencil, showing a female figure in an evening dress, created by Cecil Beaton, for an unidentified production, circa 1940-1960. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. |
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| Accession number | S.5-2015 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2015 |
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