Theatre Costume
1926 (made)
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The long tunic is part of the costume for a monstrous creature in the train of Kostchei designed by Natalia Goncharova for the 1926 revised version of The Firebird. The design for this costume is number 569 in the Lobanov-Rostovsky Collection reproduced in
It shows a creature with a horse-like head and copious 'fur' round the neck and cuffs of this costume as well as a mane down the centre back of the tunic.
It shows a creature with a horse-like head and copious 'fur' round the neck and cuffs of this costume as well as a mane down the centre back of the tunic.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | cotton, paint |
| Brief description | Costume designed by Natalia Goncharova for a creature of Kostchei in Fokine's ballet The Firebird for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1926. |
| Physical description | Long sleeved long tunic that formed part of the costume dsigned by Natalia Goncharova for a creature in the train of Kostchei in Fokine's ballet The Firebird created for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, 1926. Cotton costume painted orange with variously shaped areas of yellow splotched with gray. Traces of long black hanging fringes to sleeves and the 'mane' centre back. |
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| Object history | Purchased as part of lot 86 at the Sotheby auction of Costumes ands curtains from The Diaghilev and de Basil Ballets on 3 March 1973 |
| Summary | The long tunic is part of the costume for a monstrous creature in the train of Kostchei designed by Natalia Goncharova for the 1926 revised version of The Firebird. The design for this costume is number 569 in the Lobanov-Rostovsky Collection reproduced in It shows a creature with a horse-like head and copious 'fur' round the neck and cuffs of this costume as well as a mane down the centre back of the tunic. |
| Bibliographic reference | John Bowlt, Nina and Nikita D Lobanov-Rostovsky Encyclopedia of Russian Stage Design. The Catalogue Raisonee of the collection of Nina and Nikita D Lobanov-Rostovsky Vol.II, 2013 No.569 shows the design for this costume. |
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| Accession number | S.559-1989 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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