Jun 10, 2015 - Sale 2387
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Sale 2387 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
COSTUME. Bööcke, R[obert] L. Group of 22 watercolor and gouache studies for William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." Detailed, finished drawings of the main and supporting characters in full costume, many heightened in gold, each signed in ink, lower right, captioned with character and play title along top margin, in pencil. All on stiff board, average size 267x152 mm; 10 1/2x6 inches, sheet; gently buckled, scattered very marginal foxing, only occasionally affecting image, paper remnants on verso from having been previously mounted. Np, circa 1895
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A charming and finely executed suite of costume design and character profiles by Bööcke, one of the best known illustrators of late 19th century works of Shakespeare. The subtle details of shadow, shape, and light by use of wash and highlighting give the fabrics a vivid sense of drape and dimension.