Crage Basil (2 results)

Sin Encuadernar. Condition: Bien. Size: 24 x 13,5 cm (original medium), 35 x 25,5 cm (passepartout). Label on the back, provenance from 'The Folio Society', stok. no. D. 1615. Costume designer, specialized in Revue, flourished between 1890 and early 20th Century, stablished first in London, unknown date he moved Berlin, where he married in 1907. His drawings are kept in these institutions: V&A Museum, Institut für Medienkultur und theater der Universität zu Köln and Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft, Theaterhistorische Sammlungen and MET Museum, New York. CONDITION OF THIS ITEM. Good. A brief break on the paper, see pictures, not afecting the artwork.

Sin Encuadernar. Condition: Aceptable. Size: 27 x 15 cm. This costume design is similar to others astronomical allegories depicted in 19th century fantasy plays and revues, but also on early Cinema. The Cinematheque de France, owns a photograph of actress Jehanne d'Alcy in a similar costume, dressed as goddess Phoebé, an allegory of the moon, for Méliès' play 'Les Farces de la Lune ou les Mésaventures de Nostradamus' (1891). Also, in Méliès' film The merry frolic of Satan (1906), in the astral way of the hell-carriage, we can see another woman with sceptre finished with a star (between 1:33-1:40). So the iconography of this delicated watercolour, is a Heavenly bodie or astronomical object, for an unknown play, maybe in the UK. ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Basil Crage was a costume designer, specialized in Revue, flourished between 1890 and early 20th Century, stablished first in London, unknown date he moved Berlin, where he married in 1907. His drawings are kept in these institutions: V&A Museum, Institut für Medienkultur und theater der Universität zu Köln and Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Theaterwissenschaft, Theaterhistorische Sammlungen and MET Museum, New York. CONDITION OF THIS ITEM. Signature faded by moisture stan in paper, but still readeable, see pictures. Firmado por el ilustrador.