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Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York

Willy Pogany

Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia

Auction Closed

December 1, 03:47 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Private Collection of Pat and Michael York

Willy Pogany

1882 - 1955

Two Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or; One for Hamlet; One for Ophelia


one signed in Latin l.l., one signed with initials l.r. and two titled t.l and t.r.

two pencil on tracing paper; one gouache, ink and gold paint over pencil on card and one gouache and gold paint over pencil on card

Largest sheet: 53.5 by 23cm, 21 by 9in.; smallest sheet: 34.5 by 26cm, 13½ by 10¼in.

Largest framed: 71 by 39.5cm, 28 by 15½in.; smallest framed: 53 by 43cm, 20¾ by 17in.

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Costume Designs for Le Coq d’Or:
Joseph Novak, Chief Scenic Artist of The Metropolitan Opera Company from 1910 to 1952, New York
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, Good American and European Paintings, and Ballet, Theatre and Opera Material, 22 May 1980, lot 47
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners