Otello

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Artist/Maker	Polunin, Vladimir Yakovlevich (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Stage design sketched in watercolours.

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Categories	Designs Drawings Theatre
Object type	Theatre design
Title	Otello (generic title)
Materials and techniques	watercolour Watercolour Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Vladimir Polunin. Stage design for Act III of Verdi's Otello, produced London, 1915.
Physical description	Stage design sketched in watercolours.
Dimensions	Height: 21cm Length: 28cm Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 45, cat. 175.
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	V. L. Polunin (Signed.)
Credit line	Given by Dr. W. A. Propert
Object history	This was a design for Otello produced by Sir Thomas Beecham's Opera Company in Manchester and London in 1915.
Subject depicted	Drop-Curtain
Bibliographic references	Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 45, cat. 175. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.481-1926

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Record created	February 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192428/otello-theatre-design-polunin-vladimir-yakovlevich/

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