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Costume design for Pearl Bailey in St. Louis woman
Author
Title
[Costume design for Pearl Bailey in St. Louis woman].
Production
[New York, New York], [1945]
Physical Description
1 drawing : watercolor and pencil ; sheet 208 x 240 mm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place and date of creation supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript description taped to verso.
Ink stamp on verso: "United Scenic Artists. Local USA 829".
Text in English.
Provenance
Purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann Galleries sale 2471, 2018 March 29, lot 374) on the Carl Van Vechten Fund, 2018.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Lemuel Ayers (1915-1955) was a costume and set designer for Broadway productions.
St. Louis Woman was a 1946 musical that was adapted from Arna Bontemps's 1931 novel God Sends Sunday.
Summary
Watercolor and pencil drawing of a costume design for Pearl Bailey in St. Louis Woman, by Lemuel Ayers, circa 1945. Drawing depicts the costume for the character of Butterfly. Includes an index card with four fabric swatches stapled to recto.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 24, 2021
References
Lemuel Ayers, Costume Design for Pearl Bailey in St. Louis Woman. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Lemuel Ayers, Costume Design for Pearl Bailey in St. Louis Woman. James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Costume design.
Drawings (visual works)
Swatches.
Watercolors (paintings)
Occupation
Costume designers United States 20th century.
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