Costume Design

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Full length brown-skinned bearded grotesque figure, facing left, with high pointed ear with earring and pot belly, wearing a short skirt in dark red with blue band at hem and narrow hanging panel from waist, the top edge trimmed with foliage, and blue black ankle boots with curled back toes and pointed tops. The background washed pale reddish brown. Signed and annotated. Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper

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Categories	Costumes Entertainment & Leisure Designs
Object type	Costume design
Materials and techniques	Pencil, watercolour, wash and gouache on paper Pencil Watercolour Gouache Paper Wash Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description	Costume design by Bernard Meninsky for a Goblin in Masque of Pan.
Physical description	Full length brown-skinned bearded grotesque figure, facing left, with high pointed ear with earring and pot belly, wearing a short skirt in dark red with blue band at hem and narrow hanging panel from waist, the top edge trimmed with foliage, and blue black ankle boots with curled back toes and pointed tops. The background washed pale reddish brown. Signed and annotated. Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper
Dimensions	Height: 331mm Width: 250mm
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	''Masque of Pan' / Goblin' (Textual information; Top left hand corner; Handwriting; Pencil) 'B. Meninsky' (Signature; Lower left hand corner; Handwriting; Pencil) '5.' (Lower edge left of centre; Handwriting; Pen and ink)
Credit line	Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history	The design came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest and was possibly acquired by him as possible illustration in his various publications.
Subjects depicted	Costume Goblins
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.276-2000

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Record created	December 29, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O50955/costume-design-meninsky-bernard/

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