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
- Design for the backdrop used during the main act of "Checkmate". Background composed of vertical stripes of blue, green, yellow, orange, red and black. At center, 4 large triangles in white, red, black, and green white, red, and green superimposed with three groupings of perspectival, converging lines. At center, an orange diamond and three small, gray cloud forms.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer
- ca. 1947
- Accession Number
- 1963-39-272
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- theater
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Brush and gouache, graphite
- Dimensions
- 35.4 × 54.6 cm (13 15/16 × 21 1/2 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_1963-39-272
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b7b5c9a0-e2df-45a1-bd5b-a61315da11b2
