Black Narcissus, 1947

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Black Narcissus, 1947
Conceptual artwork by Alfred Junge, graphite and watercolour on paper, for a decorative frieze seen in the harem sequence of the Powell and Pressburger 1947 film Black Narcissus -- 6x37in. (15.2x94cm.); accompanied by a printed business card Alfred Junge, Supervising Art Director, Gaumont-British Picture Corpn. Ltd. -- 1¾x3in. (4.5x7.7cm.), a black and white snap-shot of Alfred Junge with his wife Else in 1948 -- 5x3¾in. (12.7x9.5cm.); and two German military service books, one for the period covering the first world war for Grenadier Alfred Junge, giving various details including full name Alfred August Junge, date of birth 29.1.86, place of birth Görlitz, the other dating from the start of his military service in 1906, recording dates of army service, leave etc. (5)

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Halliwell's Film & Video Guide 2001, Ed. John Walker, London: Harper Collins, 2001, p.88

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拍品專文

Alfred Junge began his career in Germany as a set designer for the Berlin State Opera and State Theatre before joining the German studio UFA in 1920. Between 1934-1947 he collaborated on ten films with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, culminating in the seminal psychological drama Black Narcissus for which he won an Academy Award in 1948 for Best Art Direction. Described by Halliwell's Film Guide as...one of cinema's most beautiful films, a visual and emotional stunner..., it tells the story of an order of Anglo-Catholic nuns led by Sister Clodagh [Deborah Kerr] who attempt to establish a convent amongst the ruins of a remote Himalayan harem - the artwork included in this lot is similar to a frieze decorating the walls of the abandoned harem.