ID 381475
Lot 67 | Motley Theatre Design School, c. 1930
Estimate value
£ 400 – 600
A costume design for Jessica Tandy, as Princess Katherine in Tyrone Guthrie's 1937 Production of Henry V at the Old Vic, London
signed 'MOTLEY' (lower right) and insribed 'KATHERINE/WHITE FACE CLOTH DRESS-/GOLD BELT SEWN WITH PEARLS-HEADRESS-/WHITE VELVET-/GOLD NET-/ORGANIZED VIEW WITH PEARLS/TALL CROWN COVERED WITH/GOLD FOILCLOAK/BLUE CLOTH/GOLD FLUER DE LYS/APPLIQUED IN AMERICAN CLOTH-' and with inscription '3 Henry V/Princess/Jessica Tandy' (verso)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gold on buff paper
10¾ x 16 in. (27.3 x 40.6 cm.)
| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Applied technique: | Watercolor |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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