Charles Ricketts

Costume Design for ‘Montezuma’

Not on display

N04686 COSTUME DESIGN FOR ‘MONTEZUMA’ c. 1925–6

Not inscribed.
Pencil and watercolour, 14 1/4×11 1/2 (36×29).
Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund 1933.
Coll: See N04684.

An inscription on the back of the mount reads: ‘Dress for Topia, Master of the Household. Costume design for “Montezuma” never produced No.40.’

Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II

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