Woman's costume for L'Oiseau de feu
Costume Design
1926 (designed)
1926 (designed)
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A drawing of a woman with long braids tied at the front, wearing a head-dress with a long veil and a long dress decorated with pattern of stylised flowers and foliage.
Object details
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| Title | Woman's costume for <i>L'Oiseau de feu</i> |
| Materials and techniques | pen and indian ink |
| Brief description | Woman's costume for L'Oiseau de feu by Natalia Goncharova; 1926. |
| Physical description | A drawing of a woman with long braids tied at the front, wearing a head-dress with a long veil and a long dress decorated with pattern of stylised flowers and foliage. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Object history | Design for Stravinsky's ballet L'Oiseau de feu, produced at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 25 November 1926. Purchased from the artist in 1961. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Salmina-Haskell, L. Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 27, cat. 88.
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| Accession number | E.323-1961 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2009 |
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