Costume design
Costume Design
ca.1950s (made)
ca.1950s (made)
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Line drawing showing a series of female figures, created by Cecil Beaton, from an unidentified production, possibly Gigi, ca.1950s.
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre.
Object details
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| Title | Costume design (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on sections of cream paper, glued together. |
| Brief description | Line drawing showing a series of female figures, created by Cecil Beaton, from an unidentified production, possibly Gigi, ca.1950s |
| Physical description | Series of line drawings in blue ink experimenting with different hairstyles and designs for dresses on five female figures. The silhouettes are inspired by the fashions of the early twentieth century, ca. 1910-1919. The drawings are drawn on three different sheets of off white paper, glued together. |
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| Credit line | Given by the executors of Eileen Hose |
| Summary | Line drawing showing a series of female figures, created by Cecil Beaton, from an unidentified production, possibly Gigi, ca.1950s. Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, CBE (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was an English fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, interior designer and an Academy Award-winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. |
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| Accession number | S.2133-2014 |
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| Record created | October 23, 2014 |
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