Artworks · Franklin Chenault Watkins

Ballet School. Designs for scenery

1935 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

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Ballet School. Designs for scenery

1935 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Ballet School. Designs for scenery

1935 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Ballet School. Designs for scenery

1935 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

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The Forest (Backdrop). Set design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

15 7/8 × 12 1/4" (40.3 × 31.1 cm)

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Women (2nd Part). Costume design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

13 7/8 × 10" (35.2 × 25.4 cm)

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Virtuoso Resurrected (Hero's 4th Costume). Costume design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

21 × 15 1/4" (53.3 × 38.7 cm)

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The Virtuoso (Hero's 1st & 2nd Costume and Back View). Design for the ballet Transcendence (recto); Design for the ballet Transcedence (verso)

1934 · Watercolor, gouache, ink, charcoal, and pencil on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso)

11 1/4 × 16 1/2" (28.6 × 41.9 cm)

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The Girl and the Young Man (Girl and Young Lover). Design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

15 1/2 x 12 1/4" (39.4 x 31.1 cm)

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Men's Costume (1st Part). Costume design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

15 1/4 x 11 1/4" (38.7 x 28.6 cm)

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The Possessed Girl (Costume for the Mad Girl). Costume design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

22 3/4 x 14 1/8" (57.8 x 35.9 cm)

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The Opening (Opening Scene). Design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

15 3/4 × 21 7/8" (40 × 55.6 cm)

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Blind-Man's Buff (The Blind Girls). Costume design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

15 1/4 × 11 1/2" (38.7 × 29.2 cm)

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Virtuoso as Priest (Hero's 3rd Costume and Girl). Design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

11 × 15 1/4" (27.9 × 38.7 cm)

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Men and Women (2nd Part). Design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

14 1/2 × 19 7/8" (36.8 × 50.5 cm)

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The Witches (Sylphides). Costume designs for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor and ink on paper

15 1/4 x 11 1/4" (38.7 x 28.6 cm)

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Dancers (2nd Part). Design for the ballet Transcendence

1934 · Watercolor on paper

12 1/4 × 22 3/8" (31.1 × 56.8 cm)

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