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Design for the costume of the cat in the ballet Kikimora

Design
1916 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Larionov (artist)
Place of origin
San Sebastian (designed)

A pencil and body-colour drawing of costume design for the cat.

Object details

Categories
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Design
TitleDesign for the costume of the cat in the ballet <i>Kikimora</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques
pencil and body-colours
Brief description
Design for the costume of the cat in the ballet Kikimora by Mikhail Larionov; 1916.
Physical description
A pencil and body-colour drawing of costume design for the cat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 51cm
  • Length: 36cm
Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 37, cat. 136.
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • M. Larionow. St Sebastian 1916. Chat. (Signed, dated and inscribed in French.)
  • Kikimora (Inscribed.)
Object history
This design was created for the original production of Kikimora at the Teatro Victoria Eugenia in San Sebastian, Spain, on 25 August 1916. This ballet formed part of Les Contes russes, which contained four miniature ballets on subjects taken from Russian folklore. These included Kikimora, Bova Korolevich, Baba-Yaga and Kolyada-Molyada.
Subjects depicted
Costume
Cat
Associated object
E.280-1961
Bibliographic references
  • Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 37, cat. 136.
  • Jane Pritchard, ed. Diaghilev and the golden age of the Ballet Russes, 1909-1929 London: V&A Publishing, 2010. ISBN: 9781851776139.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.281-1961

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192170/design-for-the-costume-of-design-larionov/
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