Pencil and Watercolor Design Drawing for Ballet Costume
name: label: maker
content: Ishimoto, May
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Pencil and watercolor design drawing for ballet costume on tracing paper, of a Romantic style tutu featuring a tea length long flowing skirt, usually constructed of three to five layers of tulle. Alternating colors of purple, light green, turquoise, and pink give the skirt a vertical striped effect. Basque style bodice with a low pointed waistline; fitted bodice with scoop neckline; short puffy sleeves; pink apron with crossing straps attached at the shoulder and edged in ruffles. See 2011.0041.01 for front view of costume. Probably drawn by Charles Le Maire, a renowned costume designer for Broadway musicals and Hollywood films. He won three Oscars for costumes he designed for movies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: In Memory of May and Paul Ishimoto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.0041.02
label: accession number
content: 2011.0041
label: catalog number
content: 2011.0041.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: watercolor (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 8 in; 26.67 cm x 20.32 cm