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Costume design for Orfeo
(1964)
for the opera Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, performed by Sadler’s Wells Opera Company, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 1964

Medium
gouache and coloured chalks over pencil, collage of felt and cut and torn cardboard and gold paint
Measurements
38.5 × 28.4 cm irreg. (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
inscribed in pencil u.r.: Orfeo
Accession Number
P57-1993
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented through The Art Foundation of Victoria by Mr Peter Corrigan, Member, 1993
© The Estate of Yolanda Sonnabend
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Costume Performing Arts
Subjects (specific)
costume design men (male humans) operas (performances) Orpheus (Greek character)