Design
ca. 1920s (designed)
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Design for a drop-curtain sketched in body-colours on specially prepared fine canvas.
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Materials and techniques | Body-colours on specially prepared fine canvas |
Brief description | Drawing by Vladimir Polunin, design for the drop-curtain for the ballet Ship Ahoy, body-colours on specially prepared fine canvas, Great Britain, ca. 1920s |
Physical description | Design for a drop-curtain sketched in body-colours on specially prepared fine canvas. |
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Production type | Unique |
Marks and inscriptions | 'V. Polunin' (Signed) |
Credit line | Given by Mr Paul Maze |
Object history | James Laver wrote of this design: 'It is unfortunate that this [Polunin's] maquette for Ship Ahoy here reproduced was never used, for the ballet was, for various reasons, abandoned without ever being offered to the public...' |
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Accession number | E.77-1928 |
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Record created | February 24, 2009 |
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