Live Auction 553220th Century British Art
Doris Zinkeisen (1898-1991)
Lot 24

Doris Zinkeisen (1898-1991)

Ballerinas

Closed16 December 2010

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GBP 3,750

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Doris Zinkeisen (1898-1991)
Ballerinas
signed 'Doris Zinkeisen' (lower left)
oil on canvas
24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 May 1999, lot 154, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Despite Zinkeisen's success as a commercial artist, she was best known for her theatrical design. As Charles Cohran's chief stage and costume designer, Zinkeisen designed costumes for plays by Noël Coward at the London Pavilion and Cole Porter at the Adelphi Theatre. During the War, she designed costumes for the Old Vic productions and after the war she worked on a handful of films.