Costume design for 'Le Coq d'Or', Russian Peasant with a Flask of Vodka.
Design
ca, 1914 (made)
ca, 1914 (made)
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Costume design for 'Le Coq d'Or', Russian Peasant with a Flask of Vodka by Goncharova, ca, 1914.
Object details
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| Title | Costume design for 'Le Coq d'Or', Russian Peasant with a Flask of Vodka. (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolours and body-colours on card. |
| Brief description | Costume design for 'Le Coq d'Or', Russian Peasant with a Flask of Vodka by Goncharova, ca, 1914. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | N. Gontcharowa [sic] (Signed in brown watercolour.) |
| Object history | This was created by Goncharova for Diaghilev's production of the opera-ballet 'Le Coq d'Or'. With music by Rimsky-Korsakov and choreography by Fokine, it was first shown at the Paris Opera on 21 May 1914, with Tamara Karsavina as the Shemakhan tsaritsa. |
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| Accession number | E.297-1961 |
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| Record created | January 11, 2007 |
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