Flying Trapeze

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Artist/Maker	Ernst Stern (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Pencil and watercolour design for the chorus line costumes in a production entitled 'The Flying Trapeze', produced by Erik Charell at the Alhambra Theatre, London, May 4th, 1935. Signed by the artist and inscribed with the title of the production.

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Categories	Theatre Drawings Designs
Object type	Costume design
Title	Flying Trapeze (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Pencil and watercolour design Paper Watercolour Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Ernst Stern. 'Flying Trapeze'. Costume designs for the chorus in 'The Flying Trapeze' at the Alhambra Theatre, London. Great Britain, 1935.
Physical description	Pencil and watercolour design for the chorus line costumes in a production entitled 'The Flying Trapeze', produced by Erik Charell at the Alhambra Theatre, London, May 4th, 1935. Signed by the artist and inscribed with the title of the production.
Dimensions	Height: 11.75in Width: 8.5in 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 Chorus Dancers
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.1213-1937

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O734235/flying-trapeze-costume-design-ernst-stern/

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