Costume design for Skorokhod (Messenger) in The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Maker and role
Artist: Natalia Gontcharova, Russian, 1881-1962
 Year
1932

Object detail

Media/Materials
Graphite on paper
Credit line
Gift of the Tobin Foundation for Theatre Arts
Accession number
TL1998.37.33
Object type
Drawings and Watercolors
Department
Theatre Arts
Location
Not on view
Theatre production
Opera by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Produced at the National Opera House of Lithuania, Kovno, 1932.
Further information
Skorokhod is a person who has the ability to walk very fast. In ancient times, a skorokhod was a servant who ran in front of a carriage, as well as a messenger. In fairy tales, magic boots with which one could walk over mountains and hills were called skorokhods.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris
Associated person
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (b.1844, d.1908)
Alexander Pushkin (Russian, b.1799, d.1837)
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