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Ariadne

Costume Design
1912 (made)
Artist/Maker
Ernst Stern (artist)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Pencil design for the theatrical costume of Ariadne in a one act opera by Richard Strauss.


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Costume design
Titles
  • Ariadne (assigned by artist)
  • Ariadne auf Naxos (series title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil drawing
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Ernst Stern. 'Ariadne'. Costume design for 'Ariadne auf Naxos', an opera in one act by Richard Strauss, first produced by Max Reinhardt after a performance of Molière's 'Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme' in Stuttgart. Germany, 1912.
Physical description
Pencil design for the theatrical costume of Ariadne in a one act opera by Richard Strauss.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.625in
  • Width: 9in
Dimensions taken from the Victoria & Albert Museum Accessions register of 1937, in the Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings. London: Published under the Authority of The Board of Education, 1938.
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Subjects depicted
Costume
Theatre
Opera
Association
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1219-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O734229/ariadne-costume-design-ernst-stern/
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