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Title: Duchess of Malfi
Creator: Ramicova, Dunya
Contributor: Micka, Petr
Webster, John, 1580-1634
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Dunya Ramicova costume design collection
Rights Information: Copyrighted
Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Description: Venue: Yale School of Drama Experimental Theater (EX), New Haven, Connecticut
Scope / Content: Linseed oil is generally not used on paper, which is why there is a stain on the back of the rendering; This rendering represents what is known as preliminary designs, or rough sketches.; They were prepared after several discussions with the director and after collecting pictorial research.; Most of the written notes were recorded during the discussion with the director.
Type: image
Format: Graphite pencil, ink pen, and wax pastels on a base of linseed oil on Bristol Board paper (velum finish)
Form/Genre: Drawing
Extent: 43 x 36 cm
Identifier: ark:/86071/d20s87
Language: English
eng
Relation: The Duchess of Malfi
Provenance: Gift of Dunya Ramicova, 2015
Location: Box 32
Transcription: "Bedroom scene", "Color", "Change", "Corseted", "Red tiny beads", "Antique silver lining", "Hooks", "DUCHESS", "First entrance totally under a black veil – to the ground", "Rings", "Thin silk", "Simple red shoes high heeled", Note: Linseed oil is generally not used on paper, which is why there is a stain on the back of the rendering. This rendering represents what is known as preliminary designs, or rough sketches. They were prepared after several discussions with the director and after collecting pictorial research. Most of the written notes were recorded during the discussion with the director

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