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Drawing 'Lobster and Sea Urchins' by British Painter John Craxton dedicated to Stage and Costume Designer Barry Kay Pencil and Feltpen on Paper ca. 1964

This appendix contains theatre-related works by other artists. Some of them were collected by Barry Kay for either personal or reference purposes, others were acquired by the Barry Kay Archive.

To help support the Archive and our work, all designs displayed on this page, apart from those on loan, are for sale. Please direct inquiries to the Curator.


Lobster and Sea Urchins

John Craxton (*1922)
British painter

Drawing
pencil and feltpen on paper
20.2 cm x 32.7 cm (foolscap)
initialled: J. C.

Inspired by the menu of "The Hole in the Wall", a famous restaurant in Bath, where once John Craxton and Barry Kay were dining, Craxton created the Lobster right there and then on his personal note paper. He dedicated it thus: «for Barry Kay - J. C.». The drawing dates from the mid 1960s, probably 1964, when Kay designed the ballet Divertimento for the Bath Festival of the Arts.

Collection Barry Kay Archive - GBP750.00

[BKA/Exo.JC/DWG-014]

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[BKA/Exo.CB/DWG-003]

Femme Assise

Christian Bérard (1902-1949)
French painter

Brush, ink and gouache
on paper
30.5 x 37.5 cm; 12 x 14.75 ins
unsigned

Collection Barry Kay Archive
price on application

Christian Bérard drawing 'Femme Assise' brush ink gouache on paper



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[BKA/Exo.DM/OJT-004]

Musical Box depicting well-known couple's obsession with famous dancer theme tune of Swanlake incognito artist collage and assemblage mounted in a shoe box created 1979


Musical Box

This unique musical box is a scurrilous, ribald depiction of a well-known married couple, connected to the ballet world, and their socially notorious obsessive preoccupation with a famous dancer.

All this to the theme tune of Swanlake.

Collage and assemblage
mounted in a shoe box
with a miniature brush roll concealed in its base
14 cm (w), 23 cm (h), 12.5 cm (d)

Private collection, on loan

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[BKA/Exo.TD/DWG-021]

Pen drawing portrait of Austrian-born famous actress Tilla Durieux, born in Vienna 1880, died in Berlin 1971, born as Ottilie Godeffroy, adopted her grandmother's name Tilla Durieux, most successful theater, TV and movie career, known for outstanding character roles, working predominantly in Germany but also all over Europe and the United States, close professional collaboration with with the directors Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator in Berlin, fought with the Yugoslav resistance during WWII, won many awards, Honorary Member of the German Academy for Performing Arts, member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin. Pen drawing portrait of Austrian-born famous actress Tilla Durieux, born in Vienna 1880, died in Berlin 1971, born as Ottilie Godeffroy, adopted her grandmother's name Tilla Durieux, most successful theater, TV and movie career, known for outstanding character roles, working predominantly in Germany but also all over Europe and the United States, close professional collaboration with with the directors Max Reinhardt and Erwin Piscator in Berlin, fought with the Yugoslav resistance during WWII, won many awards, Honorary Member of the German Academy for Performing Arts, member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.


Tilla Durieux - Portrait

Tilla Durieux (aka Ottilie Godefroy 1880-1971)
Austrian-born actress;
artist was acquainted with Durieux, name not established

Pen, India ink on parchment tracing paper
drawing: 20.3 x 26 cm; 8 x 10.25 ins
overall: 20.3 x 32 cm; 8 x 12.5 ins approx.
dedicated in Tilla Durieux' hand and
signed on underlay of mount: Tilla Durieux

provenance and dedication
biography in German

Collection Wilhelm Panick via Barry Kay Archive
GBP200.00; EUR300.00

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[BKA/Exo.MC/OJT-005]

Ritual Mask ceremonial Mask Africa [mid?] 20th century believed to be from Cameroon or Gabon depicting human female with animal attributes Carved out of one piece of light-weight wood, natural pigments lime or clay and charcoal


Ceremonial Mask

Possibly an ancestral spirit mask,
as indicated by the white face,
portraying a human female with animal attributes,
probably those of a gorilla

Africa, [mid?] 20th century
believed to be from Cameroon or Gabon

Carved out of one piece of light-weight wood,
natural pigments: lime or clay, charcoal
32 cm (w), 41 cm (h), 18 cm (d)

Collection Barry Kay Archive - GBP290.00

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[BKA/Exo.AC/C-017]

Carmen

Antoni Clavé (1913-2005)
Spanish painter, sculptor,
printmaker, stage and
costume designer

Costume designs for
Carmen: Renée [Zizi] Jeanmaire
Don Jose: Roland Petit
for Les Ballets de Paris de Roland Petit, 1949

India ink, pen and brush,
heightened with white tempera or gouache - on paper
27 x 29 cm; 10.6 x 11.4 ins
signed: Clavé

Collection Barry Kay Archive
price on application

Antoni Clave drawing for 'Carmen' (Renée [Zizi] Jeanmaire) and Don Jose (Roland Petit) for Les Ballets de Paris 1949, India ink pen brush white tempera, for sale, World Première <I>Les Ballet de Paris de Roland Petit</I> at the Prince's Theatre London 21st February 1949

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[BKA/Exo.IS/DWG-028]

Makeup and hairdress design by Ian Spurling, Australian designer, for 'The Seven Deadly Sins', ballet by George Balanchine, Western Theatre Ballet, 1961, Character 'Vanity' depicting 'Anna 1' and 'Anna 2', tempera and gouache on paper


The Seven Deadly Sins

Ballet by George Balanchine
Production Western Theatre Ballet, 1961

Design by Ian Spurling (Australia 1937 - London 1996)
Makeup and hairdress for Vanity,
depicting Anna 1 and Anna 2

Tempera and gouache on paper
27 x 38.5 cm; 10.6 x 15.15 ins
unsigned

Collection Barry Kay Archive - GBP750.00

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[BKA/Exo.IS/DWG-029]

Costume design for 'Baron Toozenbach' by Ian Spurling, Australian designer, for Anton Chechov's play 'The Three Sisters' Act III Tempera and pencil on cardboard, varnished, cut-out and mounted on carton


The Three Sisters, Act III

Play by Anton Čechov
Production and date not yet established

Design by Ian Spurling (Australia 1937 - London 1996)
Costume for Baron Toozenbach

Tempera and pencil on cardboard, varnished,
cut-out and mounted on carton
26.4 x 39 cm; 10.25 x 15.35 ins
inscribed by Ian Spurling:
Act 3, Baron Toozenbach in a civilian suit -
unsigned

Collection Barry Kay Archive - GBP750.00

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[BKA/Exo.AB/PTG-022]

Tile Design

Arthur Boyd (1920-1999)
Australian painter

Tempera or acryl [?]
on enamelled cardboard
backed by plywood
15 x 15 cm; 6 x 6 ins
unsigned

Collection Barry Kay Archive
price on application

Tile painting by Arthur Boyd Australia mid 1960s tempera on enamel carton for sale



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