Iconic Designs


Photograph

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957). Ode, Scene design, 1928. Gouache and pencil, heightened with silver paint. Howard D. Rothschild collection on Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev. pf MS Thr 414.4 (124). Bequest, 1989.

 Photograph

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957). Ode, Scene design, 1928. Gouache and pencil. Howard D. Rothschild collection on Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev. pf MS Thr 414.4 (125). Bequest, 1989.

Scene designs by Pavel Tchelitchew for the ballet Ode

More highly finished versions of these designs are held by the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Connecticut. In fact, the use of tracing paper quite often suggests drawings that were copies of the originals, sometimes intended for use in later productions or by other companies.