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[Costume design]
- Title
- [Costume design] [graphic].
- Author
- Exter, Alexandra.
- Publication
- [192-?]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGB Ext A Cos 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 1 drawing : graphite, watercolor, gouache, col.; 48 x 32 cm.
- Summary
- Costume design for a female performer.
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Note
- Stamped on the verso, with the signature of Simon Lissim: This costume is by Alexandra Exter and was a part of her estate, Simon Lissim, Dobbs Ferry, New York, February, 1952.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Source (note)
- Simon Lissim
- Biography (note)
- Alexandra Exter, 1882-1949, was a Ukrainian-born painter and designer active in Russia and France. In the course of developing her own artistic style, she took part in various avant-garde art movements, among them Futurism and Constructivism, and is considered a co-founder of the Art Deco movement, suggestions of which appear in this costume design. She designed sets and costumes for Alexander Tairov's Kamerny (Chamber) Theatre and for dancer-choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky, in post-revolutionary Russia. In 1924 she and her husband moved to Paris, where she lived for the rest of her life.
- Provenance (note)
- From the Estate of Alexandra Exter.
- Call Number
- *MGZGB Ext A Cos 2
- OCLC
- 750398657
- Author
- Exter, Alexandra.
- Title
- [Costume design] [graphic].
- Imprint
- [192-?]
- Biography
- Alexandra Exter, 1882-1949, was a Ukrainian-born painter and designer active in Russia and France. In the course of developing her own artistic style, she took part in various avant-garde art movements, among them Futurism and Constructivism, and is considered a co-founder of the Art Deco movement, suggestions of which appear in this costume design. She designed sets and costumes for Alexander Tairov's Kamerny (Chamber) Theatre and for dancer-choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky, in post-revolutionary Russia. In 1924 she and her husband moved to Paris, where she lived for the rest of her life.
- Provenance
- From the Estate of Alexandra Exter.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Simon Lissim, 1952.
- Local Subject
- Costume designs -- 20th century.
- Added Author
- Lissim, Simon, 1900-1981. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGB Ext A Cos 2