Design for the costume of a townswoman in Verdi's Otello

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Artist/Maker	Polunin, Elisabeth (designer)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

Design for a female costume drawn in body-colours over charcoal.

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Categories	Designs Drawings Theatre
Object type	Theatre costume design
Title	Design for the costume of a townswoman in Verdi's <i>Otello</i> (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Body-colours over charcoal Bodycolour Charcoal Watercolour Drawing
Brief description	Design for the costume of a townswoman in Verdi's Otello by Elisabeth Polunin; 1915.
Physical description	Design for a female costume drawn in body-colours over charcoal.
Dimensions	Height: 47cm Length: 30cm Taken from Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 45, cat. 177.
Production type	Unique
Marks and inscriptions	Elisabeth Polunin (signed)
Object history	This was a costume design for the same production for which Vladimir Polunin designed the sets. Otello was produced by Sir Thomas Beecham's Opera Company in Manchester and London in 1915.
Subjects depicted	Costume Woman
Bibliographic references	Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 45, cat. 177. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.916-1927

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Record created	February 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O192435/design-for-the-costume-of-theatre-costume-design-polunin-elisabeth/

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