Dec 14, 2017 - Sale 2465

Sale 2465 - Lot 225

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
JOSEF SVOBODA.
"The Tales of Hoffmann." Set design for the play, circa 1946. Chalk and pastel on paper. 406x534 mm; 16x21 inches. Signed and dated in lower right. Framed. Provenance: Gift of the artist to the current owner.
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Svoboda created six different productions of Jacques Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann" from 1947 to 1970 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia (both 1947), Laterna Magika (1958), Prague (1959), Berlin (1969), and Frankfurt (1970). "The world renowned Czech designer was best known for combining complex instruments and technical facilities, often juxtaposing them with stylized, traditional elements as a means to represent contemporary life"-- Jarka Burian, "The Scenography of Josef Svoboda," (Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1974.)