Swann Galleries - Illustration Art - Sale 2423, September 29, 2016

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182 ● EDWARD GOREY.
6 pen and ink set designs of architectural structures created for the Peter Sellars production
of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” at the New Hampshire Monadnock Music Festival, September,
1980. 1 drawing signed, the others unsigned; all titled in Gorey’s hand in black ink, lower
right corner. Each on 11x133/4-inch sheets. [New Hampshire;Yarmouthport, 1980].
[3,000/4,000]
“Garden.”Archway with climbing ivy. Signed by Gorey, lower right * “Ballroom.” Doric columns
flanking archway, night sky in background (1-inch spot of gouache/correction fluid near top of arch)*
“Champagne Aria.” Doorway with oval transom * “Donna Elvira’s.”Two-story tile roof villa *
“Commendatore’s”Two-story villa with three arched doors and pediment * “Sky.” Small detail of
cloudy sky.