Oriental costume design for elegant woman
Oriental costume design for an elegant woman, consisting of a tight-fitting, sleeveless, blue dress with long train, decorated with a garland of large yellow and red flowers and green leaves, worn over a white chemise with long, puff sleeves decorated with blue, semi-abstract motifs. The head is covered with a blue scarf, and crowned by a large, scale-shaped headdress, decorated with a bundle of large, orange rosettes and red flowers. Her face is heavily made up with blue eyeshadows, red lips and a black mole on her right cheek, and a green, tassel-shaped earring hangs from her right ear. She holds a long, green cigarette holder with a lit cigarette on her right hand, against her hip, and golden binoculars, which hang from a long strip of pearls around her neck, on her left hand. Her right wrist is decorated with a beaded, red bracelet; the left arm is wrapped by several beaded bracelets of red, green, and orange colors.
Artwork Details
- Title: Oriental costume design for elegant woman
- Artist: Boris Konstantinovitch Bilinsky (Russian, Tighina 1900–1948 Catania)
- Date: 20th century
- Medium: Graphite, gouache, brush and black ink
- Dimensions: sheet: 20 x 12 3/4 in. (50.8 x 32.4 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Nikita D. Lobanov, 1969
- Object Number: 69.632.9
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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