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Drawing, Costume Design: Black Knight, for "Checkmate"
This is a Drawing. It was music composed by Arthur Bliss and designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and production directed by Ninette de Valois and made for (as the client) The Royal Opera House. It is dated ca. 1947 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- Chesspiece: White Rook
- ivory.
- Gift of C. McKim Norton.
- 1949-150-6
- Costume, Black Queen for Checkmate
- costume.
- The Sarasota Ballet.
- 20.2020.1a/c
Its dimensions are
40.7 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 in.)
It is signed
Signed in black ink, lower right: E. Mcknight Kauffer
It is inscribed
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: silver t[...]ing; upper right: white discs; silver hair and black / all as long as horse[...]; in black ink, lower right: Black Knight "Checkmate"
Cite this object as
Drawing, Costume Design: Black Knight, for "Checkmate"; Music composed by Arthur Bliss (British, 1891–1975); Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Production directed by Ninette de Valois (Irish, 1898–2001); Client: The Royal Opera House; USA; brush and gouache, graphite on white paper; 40.7 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-279
