Clown in cubist costume

1926

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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.

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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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