Drawing for a theatrical costume for the number '(Island in the) West Indies' in 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1936'

Vincente Minnelli

1936 · 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 a red shirt with white dots, a green cloth belt tied around the waist, white wide pants, worn over white socks and black espadrilles, and a wide-brimmed straw hat. According to comments made by Vincente Minnelli in 1978, this costume was designed for the number '(Island in the) West Indies' in the show 'Ziegfeld Follies of 1936,' produced for the Shuberts in Broadway.

Artist

Vincente Minnelli

Date

1936

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Randolph Gunter, 1958