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Squid Costume Design for the Opera "Sadko" by Rimsky-Korsakov

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Designer

    Serge Soudeikine, Russian, 1886 - 1946

    Description

    Red-bodied and green-tentacled squid costume with orange, green and blue dots. A figure with raised arms, stockinged feet, and green headress is visible through the superimposed squid (tentacles at the top).

    Credit Line

    Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund

    Date

    ca. 1929

    Accession Number

    1984-65-2

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    costume & accessories

    Object Name

    Drawing

    Type

    Drawing

    Medium

    Brush and gouache, graphite on paper

    Dimensions

    36.4 x 28.3 cm (14 5/16 x 11 1/8in.)

    made in

    probably New York, New York, USA

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq451a46df1-03aa-41e0-b592-37b428439061

    Record ID

    chndm_1984-65-2

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