Sketch-book bound in blue paper
Sketch-Book
1922 (made)
1922 (made)
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Sketch-book bound in blue paper and containing various drawings, including designs for the costume and mask of the Cock in the ballet Renard.
Contents: (1) Mask of a cock. (2) Mask of a cock. (3) Caricatures of Goncharova in profile and a standing figure of Apollinaire smoking a pipe. (4) Reclining figure of a soldier. (5) Sketch of a mask of a cock. On verso: Another variant for the mask of a cock. (6) Sketch of a leg. (7) Sketch. (8) Design of a stylised figure in profile. (9) Design for the costume of a cock. (10) Design of a stylised bird.
All in pencil, except (10) which is in gouache. (3), (4) and (10) are H 20 cm L 26.5 cm.
Contents: (1) Mask of a cock. (2) Mask of a cock. (3) Caricatures of Goncharova in profile and a standing figure of Apollinaire smoking a pipe. (4) Reclining figure of a soldier. (5) Sketch of a mask of a cock. On verso: Another variant for the mask of a cock. (6) Sketch of a leg. (7) Sketch. (8) Design of a stylised figure in profile. (9) Design for the costume of a cock. (10) Design of a stylised bird.
All in pencil, except (10) which is in gouache. (3), (4) and (10) are H 20 cm L 26.5 cm.
Object details
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| Title | Sketch-book bound in blue paper (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil and gouache |
| Brief description | Sketch-book bound in blue paper; Mikhail Larionov; 1922. |
| Physical description | Sketch-book bound in blue paper and containing various drawings, including designs for the costume and mask of the Cock in the ballet Renard. Contents: (1) Mask of a cock. (2) Mask of a cock. (3) Caricatures of Goncharova in profile and a standing figure of Apollinaire smoking a pipe. (4) Reclining figure of a soldier. (5) Sketch of a mask of a cock. On verso: Another variant for the mask of a cock. (6) Sketch of a leg. (7) Sketch. (8) Design of a stylised figure in profile. (9) Design for the costume of a cock. (10) Design of a stylised bird. All in pencil, except (10) which is in gouache. (3), (4) and (10) are H 20 cm L 26.5 cm. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | (3) (Signed with a monogram.)
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| Object history | The sketches for the costumes and masks of the Cock in the ballet Renard allow us to date the whole sketch-book to 1922. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 40, cat. 149.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.884-1961 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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