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Sonia Delaunay-Terk
Costume for 'Cléopâtre' in the Ballets Russes production of 'Cléopâtre' (Cleopatra)1918

Not on view
Full-length theatrical costume on a gray mannequin, featuring a helmet-like headdress, a beaded halter bodice with sculpted breast forms, and an amber skirt with gold metallic strip embellishments
Designer
Sonia Delaunay-Terk
Russian Empire (now Ukraine), active France, 1885-1979
Title
Costume for 'Cléopâtre' in the Ballets Russes production of 'Cléopâtre' (Cleopatra)
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
1918
Medium
Silk, sequins, mirror and beads, wool yarn, metallic thread braid, lamé
Dimensions
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)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.68.51.18a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Buckberrough, Sherry A. Sonia Delaunay: A Retrospective. Buffalo, NY: Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
  • García-Márquez, Vicente. The Ballets Russes: Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo 1932 - 1952. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
  • Cohen, Arthur A. Sonia Delaunay. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1975.