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Design

ca. 1920s (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a drop-curtain sketched in body-colours on specially prepared fine canvas.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 53cm
  • Length: 67cm
Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 45, cat. 174.
Production typeUnique
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...'
Subject depicted
Associated object
Bibliographic references
  • Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 45, cat. 174.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.77-1928

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Record createdFebruary 24, 2009
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