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Adele E. Balkan
Sketch for Costume for Anna May Wong, created for "Daughter of Shanghai"1936

Not on view
Watercolor and ink costume design drawing, full-length female figure in theatrical green and purple outfit with tall silver headdress and sweeping violet cape, on cream paper
Artist or Maker
Adele E. Balkan
United States, 1907-1999
Title
Sketch for Costume for Anna May Wong, created for "Daughter of Shanghai"
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1936
Medium
Gouache on board
Dimensions
20 1/4 x 15 in. (51.44 x 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Adele Elizabeth Balkan
Accession Number
M.84.142.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Barron, Stephanie, S. Bernstein and I. S. Fort, with essays by Stephanie Barron, Sherri Bernstein, M. Dear, Howard N. Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Berkeley: University of California Press, Berkeley, 2000.