Drawing for a woman's theatrical costume with silver suit, jeweled accessories and green feathers

Vincente Minnelli

1933–39 · Watercolor over graphite · Drawings and Prints

Drawing, design for a woman's costume, part of a group of 88 costume designs by Vincente Minnelli. The costume consists of a broad-shoulder, silver jacket with a large, green feather brooch at the waist, and matching figure-hugging, long, silver skirt, slightly flared at the bottom, worn with a jeweled pendant necklace and jeweled tiara with a bundle of green feathers. The woman wearing the costume holds a cigarette on her left hand. Her hair is short and blonde.

Artist

Vincente Minnelli

Date

1933–39

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Randolph Gunter, 1958