drawing
- Museum number
- 1933,0610.1
- Description
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Theatrical costume for 'Montezuma'; female figure standing turned slightly to right, with head to front, and wearing an elaborate head-dress
Watercolour, over graphite
- Production date
- 1925-6 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 426 millimetres
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Width: 299 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Text from Andrew Wilton, 'Royal Academy Draughtsmen 1769-1969', BMP, 1969, no.283)
'Montezuma', a play by Cecil Lewis, was never presented, although Ricketts produced a series of costumes and set designs for it.
According to the online entry for a related costume design in the Tate (N04685): "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 drawings probably date from 1925 to 1926".
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1969, BM, 'Royal Academy Draughtsmen 1769-1969', no.283
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Montezuma
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1933,0610.1