04-15-200904-16-2009
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 15, 2009 05:00 PMCalender
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Group of Assorted Costume Designs and Other Ephemera

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$119$100
Auction: Discovery - 2453Location: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 15, 2009 5:00PM

Description:

Group of Assorted Costume Designs and Other Ephemera, 1930s-70s, a signed William Henry Mathews (d. 1954) watercolor and graphite on paper example, two watercolor, ink, graphite and ball point pen designs, attributed to Mary Wills; a watercolor and ink design for three singers including Nancy Price, Carole Werner, and another; two pen and ink and watercolor designs for military uniforms, two watercolor and graphite designs attributed to Ann Roth for Eaves Costume Co. (one signed),assorted loose pencil sketches and photocopies of sketches, a 1932 typed letter to Henry Ogden from Andrew Geoly, president of Eaves Costume Co. regarding military uniforms; three loose swatch cards, a caricature inscribed "Hal Clay 12/46"; a design for Falstaff, signed "Sheila Steel" and dated 1971; and eight other unattributed designs, etc.
Estimate $200-300

From the estate of a designer working with Eaves Costume Co., New York, to present owner.

Keywords

Eaves Costume Co., William Henry Mathews, Andrew Geoly, Ann Roth, Carole Werner, Henry Ogden, Mary Wills, Nancy Price, president, Sheila Steel