Graphite, watercolour and gouache on paper
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Costume Design a Warrior in Montezuma
Presented by the Art Fund 1933
actions: postures and motions
adults
dress: fantasy/fancy
historical
historical, Aztec
history
Lewis, Cecil, ‘Montezuma’
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
military
objects
people
period: Aztec civilization
politics and society
shield
society
soldier
spear
theatrical costume
walking
weapons
work and occupations
paper unique graphite watercolour gouache
Costume Design for a Warrior in ‘Montezuma’
support: 432 × 340 mm
frame: 640 × 490 × 25 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>N04685</b> COSTUME DESIGN FOR A WARRIOR IN ‘MONTEZUMA’ <i>c.</i> 1925–6</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Pencil and watercolour, 17×13 3/8 (43×34).
<br/>Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund 1933.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> As for <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>.
<br/><i>Lit:</i> <i>N.A.C.F. Report 1932</i>, 1933, pp.24–7.</p>
<p>According to Sturge Moore (1933, n.p.) Ricketts persuaded his young literary friend Cecil Lewis to write a tragedy on the subject of Montezuma for which he designed splendid costumes, though it was never performed. This and the following number are two of the fourteen costumes he designed and are among the most highly finished of his theatrical designs. Cecil Lewis wrote (20 September 1961) that the play was written in 1925 and the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> probably date from 1925 to 1926.</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
2004-10-06T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults dress: fantasy/fancy historical historical, Aztec history Lewis, Cecil, ‘Montezuma’ literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man military objects people period: Aztec civilization politics and society shield society soldier spear theatrical costume walking weapons work and occupations