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- Creator
- Le Maire, Charles
- Call number
- *T-VIM 2001-058
- Physical description
- 9 designs (in 1 box), color, 32 x 42 cm; 9 designs (in 1 box), color, 32 x 42 cm
- Preferred Citation
- Charles Le Maire costume designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Billy Rose Theatre Division
- Access to materials
- Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials
Charles Le Maire, costume designer for theater and film, began his career in the 1920s designing for revues such as the Ziegfeld Follies. Consists of nine drawings in watercolor and pencil some with fabric swatches attached. Most are for women's costumes from unidentified productions. Some are signed "Le Maire-'21". Pencil notations include last name of performer and costume type such as "Holland, Havana, Quaker, Swedish, merry widow, cowboy, and jealousy.".
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Drawings: Transfer, Originals drawerUsing the collection
Location
Billy Rose Theatre DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor