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Design for the costumes of Ivan Khovansky in Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina

Costume Design
ca. 1923 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A design for a male costume in body-colours, black chalk and gold paint.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for the costumes of Ivan Khovansky in Mussorgsky's opera <i>Khovanshchina</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Body-colours over black chalk and gold paint
Brief description
Design for the costumes of Ivan Khovansky in Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina by Georgy Pogedaieff; ca. 1923.
Physical description
A design for a male costume in body-colours, black chalk and gold paint.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46cm
  • Length: 29cm
Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 44, cat. 169.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Prince Ivan Khovansky (Stamped with the artist's stamp and inscribed.)
Object history
This costume design was created for Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina (in the version completed by Rimsky-Korsakov), produced at the Liceo, Barcelona, on 12 December 1923.
Subject depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 44, cat. 169.
Collection
Accession number
E.2331-1948

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Record createdFebruary 24, 2009
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