Costume design
Costume Design
ca. 1962 (Painted, Drawn)
ca. 1962 (Painted, Drawn)
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Costume design for a male dancer in an unidentified ballet (or possibly for the ballet scene in Gluck's "Orpheus & Eurydice"). The design depicts two full length male figures wearing similar costumes consisting of tight fitting brown and yellow shortsleeved tunics over a pair blue-grey tights. Both figures also wear a headdress made up of laurel leaves.
Object details
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| Title | Costume design (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil, Pen & Ink, Ink, and White Paint, on Paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Alix Stone for a male dancer in an Unidentified Production, possibly "Orpheus and Eurydice", 1962. |
| Physical description | Costume design for a male dancer in an unidentified ballet (or possibly for the ballet scene in Gluck's "Orpheus & Eurydice"). The design depicts two full length male figures wearing similar costumes consisting of tight fitting brown and yellow shortsleeved tunics over a pair blue-grey tights. Both figures also wear a headdress made up of laurel leaves. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | ' Alix Stone ' (Signature; Lower left hand corner of the design.; handwriting; pencil) |
| Object history | This costume design by Alix Stone is part of an extensive collection of designs purchased by the Theatre Museum directly from the artist in 1994. The design was possibly executed for a male dancer in a production of Gluck's opera "Orpheus and Eurydice", which Alix Stone designed for the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1962. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Accession number | S.284-2001 |
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| Record created | June 5, 2001 |
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