Drawing for a man's theatrical costume with orange jacket and green trousers

Vincente Minnelli

1933–39 · Watercolor over graphite · Drawings and Prints

Drawing, design for a man's costume, part of a group of 88 costume designs by Vincente Minnelli. The costume consists of an orange jacket with brown lapels with pale yellow stripes, worn over a light brown waistcoat with brown buttons and trimmings, and a yellow shirt, high-waisted, dark green trousers with brown trimmings, brown and green pointed-toe shoes, and a brown hat with black, white, and light brown patches and orange feathers. The male figure represented in the drawing holds a pipe in its left hand.

Artist

Vincente Minnelli

Date

1933–39

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Randolph Gunter, 1958