Costume for King Dodon in Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel)

Maker and role
Artist: Natalia Gontcharova, Russian, 1881-1962
Year
1938
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Velvet, silk, metallic embroidery, lace, and fur
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1998.180
Object type
Department
Location
Theatre production
Opera-ballet with music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and choreography by Michel Fokine. Premiered by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes at the Théâtre National de l’Opéra, Paris, May 24, 1914.

Revived by the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, 1938. Costumes, based on Gontcharova's original designs, were created by Barbara Karinska, a legendary costumer known as "Madame Karinska."
Documentation
Diaghilev: Costumes and Designs of the Ballets Russes; 1978

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