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Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
Costume Sketch, 'L'Institutrice (The Schoolteacher)' possibly for Scala Theater, Berlin1939

Not on view
Ink and gouache drawing on cream paper, full-length caricature of a woman in a cobalt blue dress and hat, reading an open book with one finger raised
Designer
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
Russia, active France and United States, 1892-1990
Title
Costume Sketch, 'L'Institutrice (The Schoolteacher)' possibly for Scala Theater, Berlin
Place Made
France, Paris
Date Made
1939
Medium
Gouache on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (36.83 x 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Bruce Jacobs, M.D. and Violette Jacobs
Accession Number
M.84.245.33
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles