Dec 15, 2022 - Sale 2625

Sale 2625 - Lot 126

Price Realized: $ 594
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

ROBERT O'HEARN (1921-2016)

"My Fair Lady."

Scenic design study for the 1956-1962 Broadway production at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. Watercolor ink, and graphite on stiff board. 240x425 mm; 9 1/2x16 3/4 inches, on 12x18-inch board, window matte adhered to recto. Unsigned.
Provenance: the estate of the artist.

Though not listed in the landmark production's staff, O'Hearn assisted the play's set designer, Oliver Smith, who won the 1957 Tony award for My Fair Lady. The two went on later that year to work on the Broadway production of West Side Story.