Description:
Raoul Pene Du Bois (American, 1914-1985)
Two Works,
a costume design: pencil, pen, watercolor, and gouache on paper, initialed "R.P.D." l.r., with a paper label from the Wright/Hepburn/Webster Gallery, 205 E. 60th St., New York inscribed "Kitty Paramount Film 1945, Cecil Killaway as Gainsborough" on the reverse, sight size 14 x 11, framed; and a three-dimensional set design: gouache and ink on paper, with a paper label from the above gallery inscribed "The Vamp 1955 set" on the reverse, sight size 6 7/8 x 10 3/4 in., framed.
Estimate $300-500
Keywords
Raoul Pene Du Bois, Wright/Hepburn/Webster Gallery, Cecil KillawayStuart Slavid
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