Oedipus Rex
Costume Design
1945 (drawn)
1945 (drawn)
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| Place of origin |
Costume design for a bearded male figure. He wears a maroon robe with a black drape and black decoration and a maroon headdress.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Oedipus Rex (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache and pencil on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design by Sophie Fedorovitch for an unidentified male character in a proposed production of Oedipus Rex, 1945 |
| Physical description | Costume design for a bearded male figure. He wears a maroon robe with a black drape and black decoration and a maroon headdress. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Friends of the Museum of the Performing Arts |
| Object history | One of a large lot of Fedorovitch designs, then unidentified, acquired by Richard Buckle for £160 at the auction of Simon Fleet's estate in Salisbury. These designs were purchased for Buckle's Friends of the Museum of the Performing Arts. They were later given by Buckle to the V&A on behalf of the Friends of the Museum of the Performing Arts. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.650-2019 |
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| Record created | October 3, 2019 |
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