Décor for Act II, Scene I of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni

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Artist/Maker	Doboujinsky, Mstislav (designer)
Place of origin	Lithuania (made)

Décor for Act II, Scene I of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni

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Categories	Drawings Designs Theatre
Object type	Theatre design
Title	Décor for Act II, Scene I of Mozart's opera <i>Don Giovanni</i>
Materials and techniques	Indian ink, white chalk and blue watercolour on a specially prepared bright-blue ground. Indian Ink White Chalk Watercolour Blue Paper Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Mstislav Douboujinsky. Décor for Act II, Scene I of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni; 1933.
Physical description	Décor for Act II, Scene I of Mozart's opera Don Giovanni
Dimensions	Height: 36.5cm Length: 50.5cm Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 13, cat. 32.
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	M. Doboujinsky 1933 (Signed and dated.)
Object history	This drawing was a design for Pavlovsky's production of Don Giovanni in the State Lithuanian Opera in Kaunas in October 1933.
Subject depicted	Stage Design
Associated object	E.836-1936
Bibliographic references	Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 13, cat. 32. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1936, London: Board of Education, 1937.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.835-1936

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Record created	February 12, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O187612/décor-for-act-ii-scene-theatre-design-doboujinsky-mstislav/

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