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Anthony Holland design

Costume Design
1979 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design for Ken Wynne as Professor Metz and Banjo in "The Man Who Came to Dinner". The design shows two male figures. The first figure labelled "Professor Metz" depicts an elderly man wearing a three piece suit with floppy bow tie, and handkerchief in his breast pocket. The other figure labelled "Banjo" wears a two piece checked suit with a diamond pattern jersey and tie. Annotated by artist.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleAnthony Holland design (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, Pen & Ink, Wash, Gouache, on Paper
Brief description
Costume design by Anthony Holland for Ken Wynne as Professor Metz and Banjo in The Man Who Came to Dinner, Chichester Festival Theatre, July 30th, 1979
Physical description
Costume design for Ken Wynne as Professor Metz and Banjo in "The Man Who Came to Dinner". The design shows two male figures. The first figure labelled "Professor Metz" depicts an elderly man wearing a three piece suit with floppy bow tie, and handkerchief in his breast pocket. The other figure labelled "Banjo" wears a two piece checked suit with a diamond pattern jersey and tie. Annotated by artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 379mm
  • Width: 279mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' "The Man Who Came to Dinner" / Professor Metz Banjo ' (Textual information; Across the top of the design; handwriting; pencil)
  • ' Anthony Holland ' (Signature; Lower right hand corner; handwriting; pencil)
  • ' Green / Knitted / Cardigan / Old Dark / Grey Suit / Grey Spats / Black ' (Textual information; Along the left hand edge of the design; handwriting; pencil)
  • ' Brown Pork Pie Hat / Light Colour / With Strong Check / Bright Pullover / Dark Brown / Flannel / Dark Brown ' (Textual information; Along the right hand edge of the design; handwriting; pencil)
Credit line
Given by Anthony Holland
Object history
This Costume design by Anthony Holland is part of an extensive collection of designs donated to the Theatre Museum by the artist in 1996. The design was executed for a production of Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman's play "The Man Who Came to Dinner" at the Chichester Festival Theatre, July 30th, 1979. The production was directed by Patrick Lau.
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceThe Man Who Came to Dinner
Collection
Accession number
S.619-2000

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Record createdSeptember 5, 2000
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