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Costume design for a butler

Margaret HARRIS, MOTLEY THEATRE DESIGN GROUP, London (design house)
Costume design for a butler
 (1934)
for the ballet The Haunted Ballroom, performed by Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet Company, Sadler’s Wells Threatre, London, 1934

Medium
watercolour over pencil

Measurements
39.2 × 26.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Peter Corrigan, 1992
© the artist’s estate

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pen and ink u.l.: Betram! (underlined)
inscribed in pencil u.r.: BUTLER
inscribed in pencil l.r.: MH

Accession Number
P225-1992

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Advertising, Communication and Graphic Design Costume Performing Arts

Subjects (specific)
ballet (discipline) ballet dancers bow ties design elements (attributes) designs (artistic concepts) frock coats leotards stripes

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