Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1882-1972)
Costume Designs for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale
all with studio stamp on reverse and all inscribed with character's name, pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, some heightened with silver and gold, unframed; and a collection of photographs taken from the American production in Berkeley, California at the Berkeley Theatre of Allied Arts and Winthrop Ames Little Theatre, New York, circa 1919
Lot Essay
Armfield served as Director of the Dramatic and Stage Design Departments of the Berkeley Theatre, where he and his wife perfected their stage techniques