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Design for various costumes in Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina

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

Designs for various costumes painted in watercolour and body-colours over black chalk.


Object details

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Object type
TitleDesign for various costumes in Mussorgsky's opera <i>Khovanshchina</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and body-colours over black chalk
Brief description
Design for various costumes in Mussorgsky's opera Khovanshchina by Georgy Pogedaieff; ca. 1923.
Physical description
Designs for various costumes painted in watercolour and body-colours over black chalk.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36cm
  • Length: 48cm
Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 44, cat. 170.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
Strieletz, Ivrogne, Bourgeois de faubourg, Strieletz. (Stamped with the artist's stamp and inscribed.)
Object history
This design for various costumes 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. 170.
Collection
Accession number
E.2332-1948

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Record createdFebruary 24, 2009
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