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Lot 177

[ARTIST UNKNOWN]. A Group of 21 Original Costume Designs fo...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[ARTIST UNKNOWN]. A Group of 21 Original Costume Designs for Various Stage Plays. [Ca. 1950s]. Watercolor on thin paper. Some signed ?ELB?. All approximately 11 x 8 ??. There are charming costume designs for several plays, including Hamlet (one drawing for ?Gertrude?), Aida (four drawings, including ?Amneris? the others not captioned), Turtle Dove (six drawings, including ?Chang-Sut-Yen?, ?God of Fate?, ?Chorus?, ?Mandarin?, ?Property Man?, ?Gong-Bearer?), Gilbert and Sullivan?s The Mikado (ten drawings, including ?Guard?, ?Nanki Poo? (two drawings), ?Pooh Bah?, ?Ko Ko?, ?Katisha?, ?School Girls?, ?Peep Bo?, ?Pitti Sing?, and ?Mikado?). Some toning, mild wear, creasing. Housed in script book for the one-act play, ?Turtle Dove? by Margaret Scott Oliver (script bound in blue cloth binding over paper - some wear to pages). Generally very good condition.