Dec 14, 2017 - Sale 2465

Sale 2465 - Lot 216

Price Realized: $ 3,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
JO MIELZINER.
"Silent Night, Lonely Night." Set design for Act I of the play written by Robert Anderson, performed at the Morosco Theatre, New York, December 1959 through March 1960. Watercolor, pen, ink, and wash on paper. Image measures 115x242 mm; 4 1/2x9 1/2 inches, on 9 3/4x11 3/4-inch sheet. Signed, captioned, and dated in visible lower margin; scene titled "Mollie and John / Act I" below matte; stamped "June 3, 1957" on verso. Framed. Provenance: Mielziner estate to Richard Stoddard to current owner.
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Mielziner was scenery and lighting director for "Silent Night, Lonely Night," with Hugh Hardy as assistant scenic designer. The popular was directed by Peter Glenville, and starred Barbara Bel Geddes and Henry Fonda as the lead characters.