Costume Design: Red Queen, for "Checkmate"
Object Details
- Designer
- E. McKnight Kauffer, American, 1890–1954
- Client
- The Royal Opera House, London, England
- Director of Production
- Ninette de Valois, Irish, 1898–2001
- Composer
- Arthur Bliss, British, 1891–1975
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Costume design in red and orange for the Red Queen. Blonde female figure standing frontally with hands at waist, arms bent at the elbows. The Queen wears a jumpsuit with a gold belt, one gold sleeve, cuffs, and a cape. Crown on the Queen's head is composed of three cones depicted in a row. Lower left, a small version of the figure and costume seen from the back. Design and color notations.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- ca. 1947
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-277
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- theater
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper
- Dimensions
- 39.5 × 30.5 cm (15 9/16 × 12 in.)
- made in
- New York, New York, United States
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1963-39-277
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41a8608a1-5337-49e8-8ef1-ea92b8551453
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