Woman in red dress with white flowers. Costume design for 'Le Coq d'Or'
Costume Design
ca. 1914 (designed)
ca. 1914 (designed)
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Design for a theatre costume red and white. Pencil and bodycolour on cardboard.
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Title | Woman in red dress with white flowers. Costume design for 'Le Coq d'Or' (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Body-colours and collage of white paper |
Brief description | Natalia Gontcharova. Costume design for Le Coq d'Or, ca. 1914. |
Physical description | Design for a theatre costume red and white. Pencil and bodycolour on cardboard. |
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Marks and inscriptions | N. Gontcharova (signed in pencil) |
Object history | This design is one of ten of Peasant Women, Russian Dancers and Youths in the opera-ballet Le Coq d'Or by Rimsky-Korsakov, first produced at the Théâtre National de l'Opera, Paris, 24 May 1914. Purcased from the artist in 1961. |
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Bibliographic reference | John Milner A Slap in the Face! Futurists in Russia London: Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 2007. ISBN: 978 0 85667 639 0. |
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Accession number | E.293-1961 |
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Record created | January 17, 2007 |
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