Costume Design for Male Dancer
Costume design for male dancer, made up of a white shirt with yellow and black buttons and yellow scrolling motifs, tight-fitting, white breeches with yellow and black scrolling botifs, and flat boots with yellow borders and vertical strips of yellow and black rosettes, running down the front. A white jacket with yellow epaulettes and yellow and black fastenings and cuffs, hangs over the dancer's shoulders, tied on the front with a yellow and black ropes. A round, white hat with yellow and black decorations and a brooch on the front, flanked above by a thin, white feather, covers the head. White gloves cover the hands.
Artwork Details
- Title: Costume Design for Male Dancer
- Artist: Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (Russian, Novgorod 1875–1957 New York)
- Date: late 19th–mid-20th century
- Medium: Watercolor, gouache, gold paint, and graphite
- Dimensions: Sheet approximately: 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (32.1 x 24.1 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Gift of Nikita D. Lobanov, 1969
- Object Number: 69.538.2
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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