Design for the costume of Saltan

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Artist/Maker	Erté (artist)
Place of origin	Paris (made)

Design for the costume of an Oriental prince in Les Masques produced at the Folies Bergère. Signed in ink with the artist's name and stamped on the back with his name and address. Inscribed 'La Nuit No. 29' and in pencil with notes on the materials, colours etc.

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Categories	Designs Drawings Theatre
Object type	Design
Title	Design for the costume of Saltan (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Gouache, silver and gold paint, and 'body-colour'. Paper Drawing
Brief description	Design for the costume by Erté (Romain Tirtoff) of an Oriental prince, Saltan, in Les Masques (probably a ballet or divertissement) produced at the Folies Bergère. France, 1919.
Physical description	Design for the costume of an Oriental prince in Les Masques produced at the Folies Bergère. Signed in ink with the artist's name and stamped on the back with his name and address. Inscribed 'La Nuit No. 29' and in pencil with notes on the materials, colours etc.
Dimensions	Height: 37cm Length: 27cm Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 15, cat. 36.
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	Erté (Signed.) Erté. Romain de Tirtoff (Stamped on verso with artist's stamp.) Les Masque. La Nuit n. 29 (Inscribed.)
Credit line	Given by an Anonymous Donor
Object history	This costume was designed by Erté in 1919 for the Hollywood film The Restless Sex.
Subjects depicted	Costume Prince
Bibliographic references	Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983 Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1908-1946

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Record created	February 16, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O187868/design-for-the-costume-of-design-erté/

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