Costume design for chorus of Trojan women

Costume design for chorus of Trojan women
 1964
for the play The Trojan Women by Euripides, performed by Stage Sixty, Theatre Royal, Stratford, 1964

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
watercolour and collage of torn paper
Measurements
38.3 × 28.4 cm irreg. (sheet) 51.0 × 37.2 cm irreg. (support)
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: YSonnabend
inscribed in pencil on support l.r.: Chorus of Trojan women / EURIPEDES – Stratford (…illeg.) / 1964 / (upward arrow)
Accession Number
P70-1993
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
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Costume Performing Arts
Subjects (specific)
costume design entertainment events Euripides theatre costume women (female humans)

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