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Costume Design

1995 (Painted, drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design for a Mosquito. The design depicts a full length male figure wearing a stylised costume representing a mosquito. The costume consists of a 1940's style fighter pilot's dark brown jacket and cap with dark sunglasses, a light brown pair of jodhpurs, and a pair of knee length black boots. The figure also wears long, transparent wings attached to his back, and a long white scarf around his neck. Unsigned by the artist.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen & ink, crayon, and watercolour, on paper.
Brief description
Costume design by Lez Brotherston for a Mosquito in the opera "The Cunning Little Vixen", Opera Zuid, Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, January 21st 1995.
Physical description
Costume design for a Mosquito. The design depicts a full length male figure wearing a stylised costume representing a mosquito. The costume consists of a 1940's style fighter pilot's dark brown jacket and cap with dark sunglasses, a light brown pair of jodhpurs, and a pair of knee length black boots. The figure also wears long, transparent wings attached to his back, and a long white scarf around his neck. Unsigned by the artist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 306mm
  • Width: 405mm
The sheet has been torn out of a spiral bound sketch book.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • ' CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN - OPERA ZUID ' (Textual information; Vertically along the left hand side; handwriting; Crayon; Brotherston, Lez)
  • ' Mosquito ' (Textual information; Vertically in the upper left hand corner; handwriting; pencil; Brotherston, Lez)
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
This costume design by Lez Brotherston is part of an extensive collection of designs donated to the Theatre Museum by the artist in 2002. The design was executed for a production of Leos Janacek's opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" performed by Opera Zuid at the Theater aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht, on January 21st 1995. The production was directed by Aidan Lang, conducted by Julian Reynolds, choreographed by Andrew George, and lit by John Bishop. The cast included Anne Dawson as the Vixen.
Production
Reason For Production: Commission
Subjects depicted
Association
Literary referenceThe Cunning Little Vixen
Collection
Accession number
S.307-2002

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Record createdJanuary 2, 2003
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