Research Catalog

Carmen. Les trois amies de Micaela. Acte II: La prison.

Description

Pencil and gouache; 31.2 x 41.8 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Ruth Page.

Subject

Note

Signed upper left: Bernard Daydé, 1961.
Costume design for three friends of Micaela in the second scene of Ruth Page's ballet, Carmen.
Three figures, facing front, full-length. Simple knee-length dresses in shades of grey with white flounces at bottom of skirt and edges of half-sleeves; small white aprons with broad grey waistbands tied in large bows at back; bodice has white insert covering breast and high neck covering throat; grey pompons in variant arrangements on skirts, on outside of each sleeve at flounce, at neck, and bottom center of bodice. One grey pompon on white kerchief headpiece, covering entire head, with white fringe covering eyes.
Fabric swatch attached. Artist's notations in French.
Designs not used in production.

Call Number

*MGZGA Day B Car 24

OCLC

NYPY777007266-F

Author

Daydé, Bernard, 1921-

Title

Carmen. Les trois amies de Micaela. Acte II: La prison.

Imprint

1961.

Local Subject

Costume designs -- 20th century.

Research Call Number

*MGZGA Day B Car 24