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Clown in cubist costume

1926
Not on view
Design for theatrical clown costume, created by Sergey Chekhonin in Moscow, 1926. The clown is displayed in three-quarter view, wearing an outfit with cubist motifs, which consists of an orange jacket with large, gray collar, worn over a white shirt with blue, green, and black geometrical motifs, and wide trousers, made up of a short, black skirt, and with wide legs, one colored with yellow, and the other with geometrical motifs colored with green, black, and shades of purple, on a white ground. A black pointed hat completes the costume.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Clown in cubist costume
  • Artist: Sergey Chekhonin (Russian, 1878–1936)
  • Date: 1926
  • Medium: graphite, watercolor, gouache.
  • Dimensions: sheet: 5 13/16 x 3 in. (14.7 x 7.6 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Gift of Nikita D. Lobanov, 1968
  • Object Number: 68.701.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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