Sailor Girl. Costume design for the ballet A Thousand Times Neigh

Alvin ColtWW-1940-M122446

1940·Gouache, pencil, stapled fabric, and stamped ink on colored card·26 5/8 × 20 1/8" (67.6 × 51.1 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1940
Medium: Gouache, pencil, stapled fabric, and stamped ink on colored card
Dimensions: 26 5/8 × 20 1/8" (67.6 × 51.1 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Alvin Colt

Artist

Alvin Colt was an American costume and set designer working primarily in theater and film during the postwar era. His work shaped the visual language of Broadway productions and Hollywood musicals from the 1940s onward. This profile will be expanded as more verified source material becomes available.

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