Origan
Fashion Design
1913-14 (designed), 1950s (drawn)
1913-14 (designed), 1950s (drawn)
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One of 22 designs for women's dresses. An evening dress with gold.
Object details
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| Title | Origan (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, with gold paint |
| Brief description | Erté for Paul Poiret. 'Origan.' Evening dress with gold. Designed in Paris, 1913-14, but drawn in 1950s probably in New York. |
| Physical description | One of 22 designs for women's dresses. An evening dress with gold. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed: ' "Origan". Robe du Soir', and on verso: '64 Ridou'. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Gilbert Russell |
| Object history | Most of Erté's designs for Poiret (for whom he worked in 1913-14) are unsigned, as Poiret himself used to sign the works of his employees. The designs listed here were recognised and drawn by Erté much later, in the 1950s. Adrienne Ridou, whose name is repeated on the drawings, was the leading dressmaker at Poiret's and carried out Erté's designs. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, pp. 14-15, cat. 35.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.590-1969 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2009 |
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