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Title: Pat Nixon (Principle) -- 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 Pat Nixon in both overcoat and dress worn under over coat. There are fabric swatches indicating correct color only. There is #15 located in a square in the right hand corner on the bottom page.
Type: image
Format: Fine marker pen (grey), fine black & red 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/d2w89h
Language: English
eng
Relation: Nixon in China
Provenance: Gift of Dunya Ramicova, 2014
Location: Box 8
Transcription: Left figure (dress): "White neck insert -CB zipper -Black wool trim = knitted type with uneven edge "Chanel" style" Right Figure (overcoat): "Scarf Is red-blue-white" written on rendering paper. "100% wool overcoat = pleats same front and back of coat. Coat only 1" longer than dress. In Act 1/1 overcoat is worn over a slip only. Dress is double-knit wool in nice heavy weight trimmed in black, lined in China silk. It has empire waist. Singer needs all-in-one foundation garment for smooth lines. Wig is based on research, but adopted to singer's face. There are flesh colored panty-hose, gold button earrings, wedding band (gold) and engagment diamond. There are black shoes and simple matching black handbag.", "PAT NIXON", "ACT 1/1" written on mounting paper.

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