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THBIrene Sharaff 1910-1933 Costume Design Painting
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Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Painting. Title - Costume Design for Mata Hari. Watercolor and gouache painting with cloth swatches and original gelatin silver photograph of actress Marisa Mell. Inscribed on painting, To Bob (Robert Ullman) - Optimist Mati Hari, Washington, November 1967 and signed Irene. On the reverse is the following information relating to the Mata Hari production: Marissa Mell, Italian actress. Flop produced by David Merrick, closed in Washington D.C., Directed by Vincente Minelli, Last Broadway show 1956. On the back of the mat Robert Ullman is written in pencil. Photo has a stamp on the reverse for Friedman Abeles. Photograph measures 14 inches high, 17.5 inches wide. Photograph image size 13.5 inches high, 5.3 inches wide. Painting measures 15 inches high, 11 inches wide. Painting image size 14.5 inches high, 7.5 inches wide. Frame measures 21 inches high,17.7 inches wide. In good condition, light foxing and it is taped at top and bottom, not laid down. The original costume design is from the East Hampton estate of Robert Ullman (1922-2019). Robert Ullman was a Broadway theatrical press agent who promoted more than 150 productions, including A Chorus Line which he took from development to a Pulitzer Prize.
Irene Sharaff (January 23, 1910-August 16, 1993) was an American costume designer for stage and screen. Her work earned her five Academy Awards and a Tony Award. Sharaff is universally recognized as one of the greatest costume designers of all time. Background Sharaff was born in Boston to parents of Armenian descent. She studied at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, the Art Students League of New York, and the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris.After working as a fashion illustrator in her youth, Sharaff turned to set and costume design. Her debut production was the 1931 Broadway production of Alice in Wonderland, starring Eva Le Gallienne. Her use of silks from Thailand for The King and I (1951) created a trend in fashion and interior decoration.[1] Sharaff's work was featured in the movies West Side Story (Academy Award, 1961), Cleopatra (Academy Award, 1963), Meet Me in St. Louis, Hello, Dolly!, Mommie Dearest, The Other Side of Midnight, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Academy Award, 1966), Guys and Dolls, The Best Years of Our Lives, The King and I (Academy Award, 1956), An American in Paris (Academy Award, 1951), Funny Girl and Porgy and Bess. She also designed sets and costumes for American Ballet Theatre, the New York City Ballet, and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and contributed illustrations to fashion magazine's such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Among her Broadway design credits are Idiot's Delight, Lady in the Dark, As Thousands Cheer, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Virginia, Flower Drum Song, and Jerome Robbins' Broadway. The TDF/Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award was named for Sharaff. She was its first recipient in 1993. The award is now bestowed annually to a costume designer who, over the course of his or her career, has achieved great distinction and mastery of the art in theatre, film, opera or dance. Sharaff died in New York City of congestive heart failure, complicated by emphysema, at the age of 83.[1] She bequeathed her collection of books, along with that of her partner, Mai-Mai Sze, to the New York Society Library.[4 From the Easthampton Star: Robert Ullman, a theatrical press agent who promoted more than 150 productions, including "A Chorus Line,” which he took from development to a Pulitzer Prize, died on July 31 in Bay Shore. He was 97 and had been a part-time East Hampton resident. After retiring from the theater, Mr. Ullman and his life partner and eventual husband, Milton Freeman, ran the Collectibles antiques shop in Bridgehampton and 1780 House Antiques in Water Mill. Mr. Freeman, who was known as Mike, died in 2015. Mr. Ullman was born on July 20, 1922, in the Washington Heights neighborhood in Manhattan, to William Ullman and the former Nettie Eisler. His father manufactured topcoats for men. The family moved to West End Avenue in Manhattan in the 1930s. Theater was a family affair for the Ullmans. When his parents saw a Broadway show, they would return with their ticket stubs and Playbills, leaving them at the foot of Mr. Ullman's bed for him to study in the morning. He saw his first show, "Take a Chance,” starring Ethel Merman, when he was 10. Professionally, Mr. Ullman's career started on Off Broadway, before it was called Off Broadway, he would tell friends. He worked on summer stock plays and winter stock, and worked in producers' offices, "anything to stay involved in the theater,” he said, summing up his career. Among his influences were what he described as his "three great mentors,” Bill Doll, Samuel J. Friedman, and Harvey Sabinson. By any measure, Mr. Ullman had an extraordinary career. The list of luminaries he worked with was vast and included Tallulah Bankhead, James Dean, James Earl Jones, Meryl Streep, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, and Zero Mostel. Equally daunting were productions for which he was the publicist. Among these were "Ethel Merman and Mary Martin: Together on Broadway. - Shipping Info
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