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Title: Red Army Soldiers (8 Male Extras & 8 Male Chorus Members) -- Act 1/Scene 1
Creator: Ramicova, Dunya
Contributor: Sellars, Peter, 1957-
Goodman, Alice, 1958-
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: Production Credits: Scene Designer: Adrianne Lobel; Lighting Designer: James F Ingalls; Choreographer: Mark Morris; Producer: 1987-1990; Co-production of Houston Grand Opera, Houston, Texas, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts , Washington, D.C., De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam, Holland, and Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles, California; 1991, Co-production of Frankfurt Opera, Frankfurt, Germany and Maison de la Culture, Paris France; 2000, English National Opera, London, UK; 2011, The Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York
Venue: 1987- 1990 Houston Grand Opera, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, De Nederlandse Opera, Los Angeles Opera 1991 Frankfurt Opera, Maison de la Culture 2000 English national Opera 2011 The Metropolitan Opera
Scope / Content: There is text both on drawing paper and on mounting paper. Rendering depicts Red Army Soldiers in both overcoat and uniform worn under overcoat. There is a fabric swatch indicating correct color only. There is #1 located in a square in the right hand corner on the bottom page.
Type: image
Format: Fine marker pens (grey& red), fine black ink pen on drawing paper. Rendering is mounted on color pastel paper which has red drawing pencil markings.
Form/Genre: Drawing
Extent: 22 x 30 cm
Identifier: ark:/86071/d2k60m
Language: English
eng
Relation: Nixon in China
Provenance: Gift of Dunya Ramicova, 2014
Location: Box 8
Transcription: "Hat crown is green like uniform", "Dark brown fur collar Right Figure (uniform): "No "Chinese" make up just street make up", "Top stitched at cuffs & edge of jacket & fake pocket flaps etc.", "Crease done by ironing in", "Top stitched 'jean' finish on hem" written on rendering paper. "Uniforms are unlined and not tailored. The fabric is cotton twill. Short military hairstyles. No facial hair. Fur hat all around/flaps tied up. There is red metal star. Overcoats have single vent in back, fake pockets flaps, black dull metal buttons. Leather belts have brass buckles and leather pouch. Black heavy oxford shoes and heavy soles. Soldiers wear white cotton gloves. Cotton twill uniform is same color as overcoats. There are red fabric tabs on collars. Trousers can be drawstring or have a fly and elastic waist. Suspenders can eb worn. Ideal fabrics: Coat = 100% wool, Uniform = cotton twill, Hat = fake fur", "8 MALE EXTRAS", "16 RED ARMY SOLDIERS", "8 MALE CHORUS", "ACT 1/1" written on Mounting paper.

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