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Taras Bulba costume design

Taras Bulba costume design

(for the Taras Bulba theatre play by Mykola Lysenko)

1920-1921
Kyiv
Paper, gouache, watercolour, bronze paint
64х48

Ukrainian Baroque, VII-XIX c. Full length. Hairstyle - chupryna (traditional Ukrainian Cossack haircut) and long gray mustache. The toggery consists of a golden belt, white trousers, red boots and red outerwear decorated with colourful patterns and black button stand. The character's name is written in baroque cursive in the background.

From the collection of the Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema of Ukraine