Three Costume studies for Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia

Details

Eugene Berman (1899-1972)
Three Costume studies for Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Each signed with inital and dated 'EB 1954'
pen and India ink on paper
Each sheet 11½ x 8 in. (29.3 x 20.3 cm.)
Painted in 1954 (3)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 10 December 1982, lot 216.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Sale room notice

Please note that this group of drawings is from the Estate of Gertrude Rosenstein.

Lot Essay

Eugene Berman first created costumes and set designs for the Ballet Russes de Montecarlo in the 1930s. The present sketches were done for the Metropolitian Opera's production of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, which premiered in New York February 1954.

Three drawings in one lot (3).

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