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Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 1
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 2
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 3
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 4
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 5
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 6
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 7
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993) Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961 (the larger) unframed (together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)) image 8
The Roy Astley Collection: Theatrical Designs by Cecil Beaton and Oliver Messel
Lot 81

Irene Sharaff
(American, 1910-1993)
Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961
(the larger) unframed

20 May – 3 June 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £4,096 inc. premium

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Irene Sharaff (American, 1910-1993)

Two costume designs for West Side Story, 1961
One design for Natalie Wood as 'Maria', the other of designs for 'The Sharks'
each signed and inscribed, one 'Sharaff/Westside Story/Natalie Wood' and 'Sharaff/Westside Story/The Sharks' (lower right)
gouache, watercolour and pen and ink on board
40.5 x 32cm (15 15/16 x 12 5/8in). (the larger)
unframed
together with two designs for Noël Coward's The Girl Who Came to Supper, 1963; two designs for Mary Martin in Jennie, 1963; designs for Sweet Charity, 1966; and one other for Candide, 1956, each signed and inscribed, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink, and pencil, unframed (8)

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