Costume design for the prostitute in La Ronde

Object detail

Media/Materials

Watercolor, gouache, ink, metallic paint, and graphite on board

Measurements

sheet, 22 x 15in (55.9 x 38.1cm)

Credit line

Gift of Annette Garceau

Accession number

TL2005.101

Object type

Drawings and Watercolors

Department

Theatre Arts

Location

Not on view

Theatre production

Play by Arthur Schnitzler. Produced by the Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, 1977.

Further information

Gustav Klimt's "femmes fatales" with their art nouveau ornaments were obvious models for Lewis Brown's designs for the prostitute in Arthur Schnitzler's vignettes exploring sexual mores.

Associated person

The Guthrie Theater

Maker

Lewis Brown (American, b.1928, d.2011)

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United States Americas costume designs design Theatre Arts satire Artistic Devices and Terms pattern women People clothing and costume Furnishings and Equipment orange Color purple

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