Costume Design for Oriana & Angelica, Don Quixote, 1950
gouache and pencil
watercolour
80 x 54 cm
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Costume Design for Oriana & Angelica, Don Quixote, 1950
Provenance:
with The Lefevre Gallery, London;
Private Collection, London
Exhibition History:
Woking, The Lightbox, Ways of Seeing, 15 January – 13 March 2011
Edward Burra attended preparatory school but was withdrawn due to anaemia and rheumatic fever. Never recovering from illness, he left school with a minimal education. Unable to stand for long periods of time, he once said, “If I could work lying down I’d do so.” Stage design brought Burra before a wide audience. He worked on four ballets and an opera.
