RAOUL PENE DU BOIS COSTUME SKETCH "Clown" 1945

RAOUL PENE DU BOIS COSTUME SKETCH "Clown" 1945 (image 1/2)
RAOUL PENE DU BOIS COSTUME SKETCH "Clown" 1945 (image 2/2)
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Original costume sketch -- pencil, ink and watercolor. verso: production notes.Art: 11 1/2" x 14 1/2" Matte: 16" x 19 1/2""Are You with It?" opened at Century Theater NewYork City in November 10, 1945 and then went on to the Shubert, for 264 performances. In 1948 that musical was released as a Hollywood film starring Donald O'Connor. The show was directed by Edward Reveaux, musically staged by Jack Donohue, set and lighting design by George Jenkins , and costume design by Willa Kim based on costume sketches by Raoul Pene Du Bois . Du Bois designed the costumes and/or the scenery for some 48 Broadway shows, starting in 1934 with the Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 and his last, Reggae in 1980; his designs were used in Jerome Robbins' Broadway in 1989. Among his work was Gypsy (1959) and many other musicals starring Ethel Merman . He worked on Billy Rose's Aquacade for the New York World's Fair (1939–40).He won the 1971 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award , Best Costume Design for No, No, Nanette and the 1953 Tony Award, Best Scenic Design, for Wonderful Town and was nominated for the Tony Award, Costume Design, for Sugar Babies (1980), Doctor Jazz (1975) and Gypsy (1960), and for scenic design for The Student Gypsy (1964). Du Bois was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: Louisiana Purchase (1941) and Lady in the Dark (19 read more
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