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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Lot 26

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)

Studies for Louis XIV; and a study for de Valois

Closed13 October 2010

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GBP 1,750

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Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Studies for Louis XIV; and a study for de Valois
inscribed 'Ballet/Louis XIV' (upper right); inscribed 'Ballet de Valois' (upper right), both with colour annotations
pencil, red crayon and gouache
each 16 x 10¾ in. (40.6 x 27.3 cm.), in a common mount

Specialist note

The present works appear to have been made for the ballet The Enchanted Grove, a Vic-Wells production staged by the Camargo Society in 1932, London. The music was Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin, choreography by Rupert Doone and the costumes and set by Duncan Grant.
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