Wright Cobina Sr (3 results)
Portraits Of The Eighteenth Century Historic And Literary. Part I And Part Ii, Two Paerts In One Volume.
Sainte-Beuve, C. A.; Katherine P. Wormeley, Trasl.; Edmond Spenser, Critical Introduction; Ownership Stamp Of Cobina Wright Sr.
Language: English
Published by G. P. Putnam' Sons, New York 1905
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. X, 475 Pp. Dark Blue Linen, Gilt. First American Printing. Light Wear, Spine Gilt Weak, Front Hinge Cracked Before Frontispiece. Ownership Stamp "Cobina" On Front Free Endpaper, Almost Certainly That Of Cobina Wright Sr. Cobina Wright, Sr. (Born Esther Ellen Cob…b, 1887 - 1970) Was An American Opera Singer And Actress Who Appeared In The Razor's Edge (1946). She Gained Later Fame As A Hostess And A Syndicated Gossip Columnist. Wright Was Also Known As Esther Cobb, Esther Johnson, And Esther Cobina. Her First Husband, Whom She Married In 1912, Was American Novelist Owen Johnson. Her Second Husband Was William May Wright, A Stockbroker, By Whom She Had One Child, A Daughter, Cobina Carolyn Wright (Aka Cobina Wright Jr.), (1921—2011), Celebrity Debutante And Briefly A Movie Actress. In The Early Part Of The 20Th Century, Cobina Sr. Was A Coloratura Soprano, Using The Stage Name Esther Cobina. She Had Studied Singing In California, Under Voice Teacher Nettie Snyder, And In Germany, Where She Initially Pursued Her Career On Stage. During World War I, She Performed For French And American Troops In Europe.[10] She Later Made Her American Opera Debut At Carnegie Hall In 1924. She Died In Los Angeles, California In 1970. Plates (illustrator).
Invitation To Art Exhibition By Tony Duquette, With List Of Exhibits
Tony Duquette, Charles And Lady Meindl; Cobina Wright Sr., Mary Pickford, Elizabeth Arden, Mitchell Leisen, A. Atwater Kent
Language: English
Published by Charles And Lady Meindl; Cobina Wright Sr., Mary Pickford, Elizabeth Arden, Mitchell Leisen, A. Atwater Kent, Los Angeles 1947
- Manuscript
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Fine. Invitation Is A Single Sheet Folded Twice, With Duquette's Design On Front Cover. Undated, For Exhibition April 7-8-9 At 724 North La Cienega. Also With, The List And Description Of The Exhibition, String Bound, Wih Duquette's Design On Front Cover. Tony Duquette (1914 - 1999) Was An American Artist.… After Graduating From Chouinard, He Began Working In Advertising, Creating Special Environments For The Latest Seasonal Fashions. He Also Began To Free-Lance For Designers. In The Early 1940S, Duquette's Parents And Siblings Moved Permanently To Los Angeles, Where Duquette Had Been Living Since 1935, And Where He Became Friends With Horace Okey. Duquette Was Discovered By Designer And Socialite Elsie De Wolfe. Through The Patronage Of De Wolfe And Her Husband Sir Charles Mendl, Duquette Established Himself As One Of The Leading Designers In Los Angeles. He Worked Increasingly For Films, Including Many Metro Goldwyn Mayer Productions Under The Auspices Of Producer Arthur Freed And Director Vincente Minnelli. Duquette Designed Costumes And Settings For The Movies, Interiors For Mary Pickford And Buddy Rogers, Jewelry And Special Furnishings For Lady Mendl, As Well As Numerous Night Clubs And Public Places. He Served In The United States Army For Four Years During The Second World War And Received An Honorable Discharge. He Presented His First Exhibition At The Mitch Liesen Gallery In Los Angeles And Shortly Thereafter Was Asked To Present His Works At The Pavilion De Marsan Of The Louvre Museum, Paris. Duquette Was The First American Artist To Have A One-Man Show At The Louvre. Returning From A Year In France, Where He Received Design Commissions From The Duke And Duchess Of Windsor And The Alsatian Industrialist Commandant Paul Louis Weiller, Duquette Held A One-Man Showing Of His Works At The Los Angeles County Museum Of Art. There Followed Other One-Man Exhibitions Of Duquette's Works, Including At The M. H. De Young Museum And Palace Of The Legion Of Honor In San Francisco, The California Museum Of Science And Industry And Municipal Art Gallery In Los Angeles, The El Paso Museum Of Art, The Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, The Museum Of The City Of New York, As Well As One-Man Exhibitions In Dallas, Chicago, Rio De Janeiro And Phoenix, Arizona. Duquette Created Interiors For Doris Duke, Norton Simon, And J. Paul Getty, A Castle In Ireland For Elizabeth Arden And A Penthouse In The Hawaiian Islands. He Also Designed Interiors For Commercial And Public Spaces Like The Hilton Hawaiian Village, Sheraton Universal Hotel, And Sculptures And Tapestries For The Ritz Carlton Hotel In Chicago As Well As The Los Angeles Music Center And The University Of California At Los Angeles. Designs For Film And Theatre Include Yolanda And The Thief, Lovely To Look At, Kismet, And Ziegfeld Follies For Mgm, As Well As Jest Of Cards, Beauty And The Beast, And Danses Concertantes For The San Francisco Ballet. Operas For Which Duquette Designed Both Costumes And Settings Include Der Rosenkavelier, The Magic Flute, And Salome. His Designs For The Original Broadway Production Of Camelot Won Duquette The Tony Award For Best Costume Design. His Monumental Work Of Environmental Art Our Lady Queen Of The Angels Was Created As A Gift To The People Of Los Angeles. This Hugely Successful Multi-Sensorial Exhibit Was Seen By Hundreds Of Thousands Of Visitors Over A Three-Year Period At The California State Museum Of Science And Industry At Exposition Park. In 1979, The Duquettes Formed The Anthony And Elizabeth Duquette Foundation For The Living Arts. In 1989, Much Of Duquette's Original Art In The Duquette Pavilion Was Destroyed In A Fire. The Duquettes Then Focused Their Efforts On Construction At His 150-Acre Ranch In The Malibu Mountains Of California. Calling It Sortilegium, Which Is Latin For "Fortune-Telling. Duquette Strove To Create A Living Work Of Art. After Many Years Of Work, This Was Also Destroyed, By The Green Meadow Fire Of 1993.
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Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, U.S.A.Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. ("Cobina Wright Sr.") boldly penned in ink on vintage album leaf. 5 3/4" x 4 3/8"; very good (light toning at edges; minor signs of handling); 1943. Boldly signed and inscribed: "To Beverly Who loves to wear the high heeled shoes - Best wishes. Cobina Wright Sr. 1943". Signed by Author(s).
