Watercolor costume sketch by Lemuel Ayers for the musical, St. Louis Woman
date: label: Date
content: 1945
name: label: Created by
content: Lemuel Ayers, American, 1915 - 1955
notes: label: Description
content: A watercolor sketch by Lemuel Ayers of a costume for the musical "St. Louis Woman", as performed in 1946. This costume is for the character "Girl #7." At the center of the sheet of paper is a light sketch in pencil painted over in watercolor of a woman wearing a pink dress with a patterned full length skirt, a white pleated bodice with a high, ruffled collar and a brooch at the neck, a pink jacket with ruffled sleeves in a leg of mutton style (very full at the shoulder and narrow from elbow to wrist), a flower rosette at her waist, and a pink hat with yellow brim decorated with flowers and bows. The woman is wearing maroon colored shoes, and she is holding a pink parasol by the handle in her left hand and the tip in her right hand. The woman has her hair styled in an updo, with pink lipstick and a beauty mark below her right eye. The background of the sketch is a light blue wash with some brushstrokes in a darker blue to indicate the wall and floorboards. At the upper left hand corner is handwritten in ink on top of a small patch of green: [Sk. #100]. At the bottom left corner is the painted text: ["St. Louis Woman" / Girl # 7]. At the bottom right corner, Ayers' signature is faintly visible. Below the signature is handwritten in black ink: [70017 / Act I Sc. 1]. Below this is the hand painted text in red: [SARATOGA].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Musical Theatre
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.57.45.4
objectType: label: Type
content: design drawings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: watercolor, graphite and ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 19 x 12 in. (48.3 x 30.5 cm)