Research Catalog

Carmen. Filles de la taverne; chacune un châle en plus.

Description

Pencil and gouache; 30 x 44 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Ruth Page.

Subject

Note

Signed upper left: Bernard Daydé, 1961.
Costume design for four tavern girls in Ruth Page's ballet, Carmen.
Four figures full-length, numbered 5, 6, 7, 8; figures 5, 6, 7, face front, figure 8, side-view. Variant costumes with off-shoulder bodices and skirts of large patches and fringe in shades of dark green, red, blue, brown, purple and black; pompons of various colors decorate skirts and blouses; headpieces for 6, 7, and 8 arrangements of pompons (7 also has white tulle cap), five wears no headpiece; variant hairstyles indicated.
Fabric swatches attached. Artist's notations in French.

Call Number

*MGZGA Day B Car 11

OCLC

NYPY777007141-F

Author

Daydé, Bernard, 1921-

Title

Carmen. Filles de la taverne; chacune un châle en plus.

Imprint

1961.

Local Subject

Costume designs -- 20th century.

Research Call Number

*MGZGA Day B Car 11