Costume for 'Cléopâtre' in the Ballets Russes production of 'Cléopâtre' (Cleopatra)

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Costume for 'Cléopâtre' in the Ballets Russes production of 'Cléopâtre' (Cleopatra)

France, Paris, 1918
Costumes; costume
Silk, sequins, mirror and beads, wool yarn, metallic thread braid, lamé
a) Dress center back length: 45 1/8 in. (114.62 cm); b) Headdress: 22 11/16 x 14 5/8 x 12 5/8 in. (57.63 x 37.15 x 32.07 cm)
Costume Council Fund (M.68.51.18a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Buckberrough, Sherry A. Sonia Delaunay: A Retrospective.  Buffalo, NY:  Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
  • Cohen, Arthur A.  Sonia Delaunay.  New York:  Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975.
  • García-Márquez, Vicente.  The Ballets Russes: Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo 1932 - 1952.  New York:  Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.