Drawing for a man's theatrical costume with yachting hat and blue jacket with golden trimmings

Vincente Minnelli

1933–39 · Watercolor and gouache 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 a blue double-breasted jacket with gold buttons and three gold bands on the right cuff, worn over a white shirt with thin, blue tie, white pants and gloves. A white yatching hat with blue band and black visor, with golden insignia and trimmings, covers the head. The male figure represented wearing the costume has short, black hair, and thin, black mustache.

Artist

Vincente Minnelli

Date

1933–39

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Randolph Gunter, 1958