Drawing
1920 (Drawn)
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Tamara Karsavina making up in her dressing room. Charcoal drawing by Raldolph Schwabe, 1920.
Object details
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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. |
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Production type | Unique |
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. |
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Summary | Tamara Karsavina making up in her dressing room. Charcoal drawing by Raldolph Schwabe, 1920. |
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Accession number | S.414-2000 |
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Record created | January 24, 2001 |
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