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Property from a Private Collection, England

Property from a Private Collection, England Alexander Nikolaevich Benois 1870 - 1960 Costume Designs for A Spaniard, A Spanish Lady and Herr Drosselmayer from The Nutcracker each signed and dated 1938 l.l. and variously inscribed; each further signed and numbered on the reverse and bearing Arts Council exhibition labels on the backing boards ink and watercolour over pencil on paper, two heightened with white and silver Each sheet: 37.5 by 26cm, 14¾ by 10¼in. Framed: 53 by 41cm, 21 by 16¼in. 3

costume designs for a spaniard, a spanish lady and herr drosselmayer from the nutcracker

Property from a Private Collection, England Alexander Nikolaevich Benois 1870 - 1960 Three Costume Designs for The Nutcracker and Set Design for La Dame aux camélias Set design: signed in Latin and dated 1923 l.l., inscribed Dame aux camelias IV l.r. Costume designs: each titled Casse Noisette, variously inscribed in Latin and numbered, two signed and dated VI 1940 Set design: ink and watercolour heightened with white over pencil on paper Costume designs: ink and watercolour heightened with white, gold and silver over pencil on paper, one laid on board Largest sheet: 24.5 by 32cm, 9¾ by 12½in.; smallest sheet: 24 by 15.5cm, 9½ by 6in. Framed: (i) 39.5 by 73.5cm, 15½ by 29in.; (ii) 42.5 by 52.5cm, 16¾ by 20¾in. 2

three costume designs for the nutcracker and set design for la dame aux camélias

Alexander Nikolaevich Benois 1870 - 1960 Costume Designs for Harlequin and Columbine from The Nutcracker (two works) each signed and variously inscribed in Latin, one dated 1938; each further bearing Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox exhibition labels on the backing board watercolour and ink over pencil on paper Sheet: each 38 by 26.5cm, 14¾ by 10¼in. Framed: 58.5 by 48.5cm, 23 by 19in. (2)

View 1 of Lot 128: Costume Designs for Harlequin and Columbine from The Nutcracker (two works)

costume designs for harlequin and columbine from the nutcracker (two works)

set design for the nutcracker, act i

costume design for children in 'the nutcracker'

a carved fruitwood nutcracker in the form of a violinist, first half 19th century

Scarfe at Sotheby's

380 by 383mm. (on 423 by 456mm. sheet), pen, ink and watercolour drawing, captioned "Drosselmeyer's Cloak" and signed lower right, framed and glazed

the nutcracker - "drosselmeyer's cloak"

392 by 433mm. (on 455 by 464mm. sheet), pen, ink and watercolour drawing, captioned "E.N.B Nutcracker The Mouse King" and signed lower right, with additional design instructions in pencil, framed and glazed, minor corrections in gouache, adhesive tape on top corners

the nutcracker - "the mouse king"

480 by 588mm. (on 570 by 593mm. sheet), pen, ink and watercolour drawing, unsigned, framed and glazed, minor abrasions in corners

the nutcracker - "mixed nuts"

Impressionist and Modern Art 

set design for the ballet nutcracker

a group of six costume designs including works from the nutcracker

tickets to the nutcracker

Important Watches

• cal. 1120/2 automatic jewelled nickel lever movement stamped with the seal of Geneva, pierced and engraved 21k rimmed rotor • fine polychrome cloisonné enamel dial depicting a magpie and two nutcrackers feeding among the bush, dot indexes, gold faceted hands • 18k yellow gold case with hinged case back protecting the sapphire crystal display back secured by 6 screws • case, dial and movement signed • with an 18k yellow gold Vacheron Constantin buckle • enamel signed M. Séchaud 1997

a fine and rare yellow gold and enamel automatic wristwatch ref 701965 the magpie and nutcracker circa 2005

Russian Art Day Sale

set design for the nutcracker

L13112

five costume designs for the nutcracker

a maple wood nutcracker, 18th century, of spherical form with a screw thread, the...

costume designs for swan lake and the nutcracker

alexander nicholaevich benois, 1870-1960, a stage design for the nutcracker, 1954,...

a swiss walnut nutcracker in the form of a dogs head, circa 1900, 9.5 by 14cm,...

Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own | Crazy Little Things 1

Two biscuit porcelain ballet figures, 20th century

Two biscuit porcelain ballet figures, 20th century one representing the Nutcracker Prince, the other Firebird, restored Height: the tallest 20.5cm., 8in.

View 1 of Lot 1796: Two biscuit porcelain ballet figures, 20th century

two biscuit porcelain ballet figures, 20th century

Scarfe at Sotheby’s: Sixty Years of Being Rude

GERALD SCARFE "Critics Circle" 500 by 570mm., pen, ink and watercolour drawing with corrections in gouache, captioned "Critics Circle", signed lower centre, mounted, framed and glazed (1055 by 810mm. frame) Published in Drawing Blood (2005), p. 319; Sixty Years of Being Rude (2019), p. 387. The artist's reaction to the critics who had criticised his designs for Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker for the English National Ballet in 2002. Please click here to view shipping calculator

scarfe | [music & theatre] | "critics circle"

King Nutcracker, and The Poor Boy, Reinhold. A Christmas Story, with Pictures ... rendered into English verse ... by A. H. London: [Thomas Harrild for] William S. Orr & Co., 1854

King Nutcracker, and The Poor Boy, Reinhold. A Christmas Story, with Pictures ... rendered into English verse ... by A. H. London: [Thomas Harrild for] William S. Orr & Co., 1854 4to (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.; 184 x 140 mm). Frontispiece, wood-engraved text illustrations, 8-page publisher's advertisement; occasional marginal soiling. Publisher's pictorial wrappers; soiled at edges, backstrip torn.

hoffmann, heinrich

Original gouache signed (in silver ink), illustrating a scene in E. T. A. Hoffman's "The Nutcracker," (9  3/4  x 5  1/2 in.; 248 x 140 mm), n.p., c. 1996.  Matted, framed and glazed (not examined out of frame).

spirin, gennady

Appel

one in the shape of a bird, two pairs of silver-plated nutcrackers, the others metal, partly illustrated (12)

various silver plated and metal pairs of nutcrackers

the base formed as waves with a nude female and male figure. Together with an ivory metal-mounted figure of a female javelin thrower on an onyx base after Chapuis, and three other female metal figures, one a 'nudie' on a marble ashtray, one forming a nutcracker, the third, nude, reclining on a rock inscribed A TREASURE SEEKER.

a gilt metal mounted oval marble bowl in the art nouveau style

English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations

1) Belasco Theatre ("Jack Warren in Stages a play"), [1977], 1143 by 750mm, minor tear and slightly frayed at extremities; 2) Houston Grand Opera ("The Magic Flute"), [c. 1989], PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST ("For July and Dick - with all my love! - Maurice Sendak Feb '89"), 660 by 510mm; 3) Pacific Northwest Ballet ("Nutcracker... Seattle Opera House"), 1983, 660 by 457mm; 4) Glyndebourne Touring Opera ("Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop! ...Oxford Apollo Theatre"), [c. 1984], 761 by 507mm; 5) The Bodley Head ("The Art of Maurice Sendak"), [c. 1981], 664 by 534mm; 6) The Bodley Head ("Outside Over There... The final book in a great trilogy..."), 1981, 410 by 562mm; 7) Farrar Strauss Giroux ("Some Swell Pup"), [c. 1976], 456 by 610mm; 8) The Bodley Head ("Nutcracker"), [c.1984], 570 by 508mm; occasional fraying or creases to extremities (8)

collection of 8 posters relating to theatre productions or publisher's publicity posters, comprising:

a boxwood `moors' head' nutcracker, south german or north italian, circa 1700, the...

Russian Works of Art, Fabergé &amp; Icons

comprising six fruit forks, five serving forks, five serving knives, a pair of grape shears/nutcrackers, and a scoop, the handles cast with foliate strapwork, gilt tines and blades, 84 standard, one fruit fork 1899-1908, in original box, the lid with presentation plaque inscribed in Russian 'A kind keepsake/ for [our] daughter's saviour dear/ Maksim Abramovitch/ from grateful/ V. and R. Bershtein/ 4 April 1909'

a silver fruit and cheese service, grachev, st petersburg, 1908-1917

Style New York: Silver, Ceramics, Furniture

An English Silver Dog-Form Nutcracker, Margaret Howell, London, 1989

An English Silver Dog-Form Nutcracker, Margaret Howell, London, 1989 the tail forming the handle, the mouth the cracker marked on body and tail 92 oz 10 dwt 2880 g length 12 in. 30.5 cm

View 1 of Lot 241: An English Silver Dog-Form Nutcracker, Margaret Howell, London, 1989

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