La Traviata
Costume Design
1970 (made)
1970 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Costume design by Alex Reid for a Dancer in Verdi's opera La Traviata, Scottish Opera, 1970. One of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook, assembled by costume maker Gerry Scott Sampson. This may be a tracing of the original design, made for the use of the costumier.
La Traviata, directed by Ian Watt-Smith, opened in Dundee in 1970 and was revived in 1973.
La Traviata, directed by Ian Watt-Smith, opened in Dundee in 1970 and was revived in 1973.
Object details
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| Title | La Traviata (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and ballpoint pen on tracing paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Alex Reid for a Dancer in Verdi's opera La Traviata, Scottish Opera, 1970, one of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook |
| Physical description | Costume design by Alex Reid for a Dancer in Verdi's opera <i>La Traviata</i>, Scottish Opera, 1970, outline drawing in pencil and ballpoint pen showing a masked woman in a dress with calf length skirt of scalloped layers, lined with frills. Annotated with costume details. Mounted in a spiral-bound artist's sketchbook. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Gerry Scott Sampson |
| Summary | Costume design by Alex Reid for a Dancer in Verdi's opera La Traviata, Scottish Opera, 1970. One of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook, assembled by costume maker Gerry Scott Sampson. This may be a tracing of the original design, made for the use of the costumier. La Traviata, directed by Ian Watt-Smith, opened in Dundee in 1970 and was revived in 1973. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.161-1980 |
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| Record created | July 4, 2014 |
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