Not currently on display at the V&A

Drawing

1920 (Drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tamara Karsavina making up in her dressing room. Charcoal drawing by Raldolph Schwabe, 1920.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Charcoal on paper
Brief description
Tamara Karsavina making up in her dressing room. Charcoal drawing by Raldolph Schwabe, 1920.
Physical description
Female figure facing right, seated at make-up table and making up her right eye, her left hand resting on a jar. Part of the mirror is seen at the right edge with a light bulb hanging over; costumes hang on the wall in the background. Drawing in charcoal by Randolph Schwabe, signed and dated 1920.
Dimensions
  • Height: 479mm
  • Width: 320mm
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
'R Schwabe 1920' (Signature; date; Upper left hand corner; Handwriting; Pencil; 1920)
Credit line
Cyril W. Beaumont Bequest
Object history
The dawing was reproduced in "Thamar Karsavina" by Valerin Svetlov, translated from the Russian by H. de Vere Beauclerk and Nadia Evrenov, edited byt Cyril Beaumont, C. W. Beaumont, London, 1922, facing page 96.
The drawing came to the Museum as part of the Cyril Beaumont Bequest.
Subjects depicted
Summary
Tamara Karsavina making up in her dressing room. Charcoal drawing by Raldolph Schwabe, 1920.
Collection
Accession number
S.414-2000

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Record createdJanuary 24, 2001
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