Drawing for a woman's theatrical costume: 'Topsy'

Vincente Minnelli American

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Drawing, design for a woman's costume, part of a group of 88 costume designs by Vincente Minnelli. The costume consists of a beige dress with a large pink scarf tied in a bow at the waist, a headdress with short branches with small, pink ribbons and a large bundle of pink scrolling feathers, and matching pink high heels. The figure represented with the dress, of dark skin color, is dancing, holding a white handkerchief in one hand and a light blue fan in the other. A white cuff adorns the wrist of the hand holding the handkerchief.

Drawing for a woman's theatrical costume: 'Topsy', Vincente Minnelli (American, Chicago, Illinois 1903–1986 Beverly Hills, California), Watercolor over graphite

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