Lot Essay
The Royal Opera House commissioned Benjamin Britten’s ‘Gloriana’ to celebrate the 1953 Coronation. John Piper designed the sets and costumes.
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Costume design for a Liveried Attendant from Benjamin Britten's Gloriana
Details
John Piper, C.H. (1903-1992)
Costume design for a Liveried Attendant from Benjamin Britten's Gloriana
signed 'John Piper' (lower right) and inscribed with the artist's notes
pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
21 ½ x 15 in. (54.6 x 38 cm.)
Costume design for a Liveried Attendant from Benjamin Britten's Gloriana
signed 'John Piper' (lower right) and inscribed with the artist's notes
pencil, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper
21 ½ x 15 in. (54.6 x 38 cm.)
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.