Costume design for the Directress of the Convent

Costume design for the Directress of the Convent
(La Directrice du Couvent)
 (1939)
from the ballet Graduation Ball, no. 1 in Perpetuum Mobile sequence, Ballets Russes, Sydney, 1940

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink and watercolour over pencil on buff paper
Measurements
31.9 × 24.1 cm irreg. (sheet)
Accession Number
1069-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Colonel W. de Basil, 1940
© Alexandre Benois/ADAGP, Paris. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Advertising, Communication and Graphic Design Costume
Subjects (specific)
blue colours bonnets (hats) brown colours conceptual drawings costume design dresses (garments) women (female humans)

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