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Currently not on display

Félix Régamey

1844 - 1907

Costume Design for “Madame Butterfly”: Express Messenger and Palanquin Bearer

Date 1906
Materials and Techniques Coloured pencil, gouache and pencil on paper
Size(cm) 35.3 x 49.8
Category Drawings
Collection Number D.2018-0009

Provenance

Purchased by NMWA, March 2019.

Bibliography

2020
Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 53 (Apr. 2018-Mar. 2019), 2020, List of New Acquisitions. p. 23.
2025
Kashiwagi, Junko. A portrait of Japanese expressed through first production of Madame Butterfly in Paris: focusing on Felix Regamey's 《Costume Design for 'Madame Butterfly'》 (1906). Bulletin of Hokusho University School of Education and Culture Department. No. 10, January 2025, pp. 165-180

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