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Evaste

Costume Design
1924 (made)
Artist/Maker
Georges Braque (designer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Design for a ballet costume


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Designs
Men's Clothes
Dance
Object type
Costume design
TitleEvaste (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Georges Braque, 'Evaste.' One of ten designs for male characters in Moliere's Les Fâcheux.
Physical description
Design for a ballet costume
Dimensions
  • Approx., from catalogue height: 30.5cm
  • Approx., from catalogue width: 25.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with directions to costumier.)
Subjects depicted
Ballet
Hats
Bibliographic references
  • Gabriella Belli, ed. La Danza delle Avanguardie. Dipinti, scene e costumi, da Degas a Picasso, da Matisse a Keith Haring. Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 2005. ISBN: 887624557X
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.952-1927

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Record createdApril 24, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134143/evaste-costume-design-georges-braque/
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