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THB2 Costume Designs - "Three Musketeers" & "Misanthrope"
Lot 182
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Desmond Heeley (British, 1931-2016). Two costume designs: "Misanthrope" costume design - watercolor, gouache & graphite (1981) - signed & dated in pencil at lower right. Kitty of "Three Musketeers" costume design - watercolor, gouache & graphite (1968) - signed & dated at lower left. A delightful pair of framed costume designs by celebrated British costume and set designer Desmond Heeley who was active in the international theater, ballet, and opera scene from the late 1940s until the 2010s. These costume designs for Kitty in Alexandre Dumas' "Three Musketeers" and Du Bois in Jean-Baptiste Moliere's "Misanthrope" were created for the Stratford Festival in Ontario, 1968 and 1981 respectively. Heeley created costumes and sets for many reputable theatre and opera troupes such as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, the Royal National Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera, American Ballet Theater, Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan, as well as the Stratford Festival. Size (Misanthrope): 10.625" L x 13.875" W (27 cm x 35.2 cm) Size: 17.125" L x 20.2" W (43.5 cm x 51.3 cm)
According to Playbill's online obituary, Desmond Heeley was "known for his ability to create visual magic out of humble materials" and "won two Tony Awards—one for costume design and one for scenic design—for his work on the original Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's existential farce Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead." In addition, Heeley was a professor of theatre design at the Tisch School for the Arts at New York University as well as other universities in the US, England and Canada. In 1994, he was the first recipient of the prestigious Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. Also according to Playbill, "His work was known not for its verisimilitude, but for its theatrical, painterly qualities." (Source: Playbill - November 15, 2022)
Provenance: private Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA collection; ex-Hugh K. Tirrell estate, representative Priscilla T. Bisher, purchased from Selker Fine Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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#175603Both costume designs are mounted in custom triple mattes and metal frames behind glass. They have not been examined outside the frames but appear to be in overall very good condition with strong drawing and coloration. "Misanthrope" (1981) is signed & dated in pencil at lower right. Kitty in "Three Musketeers" (1968) is signed & dated at lower left.Condition
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