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Costume design for Three blue boys

Yolanda SONNABEND
Costume design for Three blue boys
 (1963)
for the ballet Symphony, performed by The Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1963

Medium
watercolour, coloured chalks and pencil

Measurements
38.7 × 28.5 cm (sheet) 48.0 × 34.3 cm irreg. (support)

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

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
inscribed in pencil u.r.: Symphony / 3 blue Boys
inscribed in pencil l.l.: (…illeg.)
inscribed in pencil l.r.: YSonnabend

Accession Number
P72-1993

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Costume Performing Arts

Subjects (specific)
blue (colour) boys costume design entertainment events theatre costume

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