Woman in a harlequin costume holding a mask

Sergey Sudeykin

first half 20th century · brush and black ink, gouache, watercolor · Drawings and Prints

Design for a female harlequin costume, one of 34 costume designs for N. Evreinoff's play 'The Chief Thing', produced at the Theater Guild, New York City, 1926. The woman woaring a harlequin costume in this drawing is displayed with her weight on the right foot, her left foot held up in the air, slightly towards the left; her left arm is lifted in a motion parallel to that of the leg, and her right arm holds a mask next to her face. Her dress is made up of a bodice with a pattern of seamless lozenges, over a skirt with a geometric pattern executed with white and purple; an underskirt with black, zig-zagging lines and white and orange triangles appears under it. Her hair is up, topped by a black and red hat, from which hangs a purple veil that she extends behind her shoulders with her left hand. Her neck is adorned by a small ruff collar. Red gloves cover her hands, white stockings and high-heeled, pointed, black shoes cover her feet. A white shawl hangs from her waist.

Artist

Sergey Sudeykin

Date

first half 20th century

Medium

brush and black ink, gouache, watercolor

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of William S. Wasserman, 1965