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Lindsay Kemp, Between the Acts

Painting
1962 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil painting of Lindsay Kemp, full length. He sits on a high stool in an interior with paintings on the walls, and a curtain, right. He wears a black and white horizontally striped, long-sleeved t-shirt, a black waistcoat and pink footless tights. He is barefoot. On the floor, left, is a folded purple costume and a black hat with a red hatband and red ostrich feathers. Signed and dated.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleLindsay Kemp, <i>Between the Acts</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Painting entitled "Lindsay Kemp, Between the Acts" by Robert John Swan, 1962
Physical description
Oil painting of Lindsay Kemp, full length. He sits on a high stool in an interior with paintings on the walls, and a curtain, right. He wears a black and white horizontally striped, long-sleeved t-shirt, a black waistcoat and pink footless tights. He is barefoot. On the floor, left, is a folded purple costume and a black hat with a red hatband and red ostrich feathers. Signed and dated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Credit line
Given by the estate of Robert Swan
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Collection
Accession number
S.435-1980

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Record createdNovember 13, 2003
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