Watercolour and graphite on paper
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Costume Design Montezuma
Presented by the Art Fund 1933
actions: postures and motions
adults
cane / walking stick
characters
clothing and personal items
domestic
dress: fantasy/fancy
fan
hand / hands on hip
hat
historical
historical, Aztec
history
housekeeper
Lewis, Cecil, ‘Montezuma’
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
objects
parasol
people
period: Aztec civilization
politics and society
robe
servant
society
theatrical costume
Topia
work and occupations
paper unique watercolour graphite
Costume Design for ‘Montezuma’
support: 368 × 292 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1933
<p><b>N04686</b> COSTUME DESIGN FOR ‘MONTEZUMA’ <i>c.</i>
1925–6</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Pencil and watercolour, 14 1/4×11 1/2 (36×29).
<br/>Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund 1933.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> See <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/ricketts-costume-design-n04684" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04684</span></a>.</p>
<p>An inscription on the back of the mount reads: ‘Dress for Topia, Master of the Household. Costume design for “Montezuma” never produced No.40.’</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults cane / walking stick characters clothing and personal items domestic dress: fantasy/fancy fan hand / hands on hip hat historical historical, Aztec history housekeeper Lewis, Cecil, ‘Montezuma’ literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man objects parasol people period: Aztec civilization politics and society robe servant society theatrical costume Topia work and occupations