Evening Dress (Habit de Rigueur)

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Evening Dress (Habit de Rigueur)

Russia, 1926
Sculpture
Wood, cardboard, plastic, and fabric
33 × 13 1/2 × 8 in. (83.82 × 34.29 × 20.32 cm)
Gift of Mitchell C. Shaheen and purchased with funds provided by the David E. Bright Bequest, the Phil Berg Collection, Sandra and Jacob Y. Terner, and Alice and Nahum Lainer (AC1994.21.1)
Modern Art
Currently on public view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3

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Alexandra Exter, one of several Russian avant-garde artists who worked collaboratively on theatrical productions, created this marionette for an unproduced film....
Alexandra Exter, one of several Russian avant-garde artists who worked collaboratively on theatrical productions, created this marionette for an unproduced film. This jaunty gentleman, with his squared-off features, cylindrical limbs, and graphic details, was one of a number of characters for the film, including a robot, a policeman, and figures from the Italian commedia dell’arte theater tradition.

Wall label, 2021.
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Bibliography

  • Alexandra Exter, Russian, 1882-1949: marionettes created 1926. New York: Leonard Hutton Galleries, [1975?]
  • Barron, Stephanie and Lauren Bergman.  Ken Price Sculpture: a Retrospective. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico, 2012.