Iconic Designs


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Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962). Le Coq d’Or, Costume design for Female Warrior, 1937. Watercolor and pencil. Natalia Goncharova Collection of Designs for Le Coq d’Or. pf MS Thr 422 (23). Purchased with the Frank E. Chase Fund, 1954.

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Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962). Le Coq d’Or, Curtain design for the Queen’s Tent, 1937. Metallic paint, watercolor, and pencil. Natalia Goncharova Collection of Designs for Le Coq d’Or. ppf MS Thr 422 (22). Purchased with the Frank E. Chase Fund, 1954.

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Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962). Le Coq d’Or, Scene design for a city square, 1937. Watercolor with pencil traces. Natalia Goncharova Collection of Designs for Le Coq d’Or. pf MS Thr 422 (20). Purchased with the Frank E. Chase Fund, 1954.

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Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962). Le Coq d’Or, Costume design for animal characters with their masks, 1937. Watercolor with pencil traces. Natalia Goncharova Collection of Designs for Le Coq d’Or. pf MS Thr 422 (21). Purchased with the Frank E. Chase Fund, 1954.

Designs by Natalia Goncharova for the ballet Le Coq d’Or

Natalia Goncharova was the original designer of the costumes and décor for Le Coq d’Or. These designs were re-executed by her for a 1937 revival. The suite of designs includes costumes, décor, curtains, and puppets and masks and at once show her interest in primitive Russian art, in folk influences, and (especially in the scene designs) modernism and cubism.