Lot 271
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Nielsen, Kay Ramus

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Project of a costume design for the Royal Danish Theatre. [Circa 1920].
  • paper, pencil
Original drawing: pencil, gouache and silver on paper (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; 267 x 215 mm). Mounted on a thick cardboard with autograph annotations signed by Ulla Poulsen. Sketches of a crown on the back of the cardboard. 

Catalogue Note

This drawing is certainly a project of a ballet costume design for the Royal Danish Theatre. Kay Nielsen created stage scenery and costumes, in collaboration with Johannes Poulsen for the theatre between 1917 and 1924. 
Johannes Poulsen's wife, Ulla Poulsen, a dancer and actor at the Royal Danish Theatre wrote and signed a description (suggestion?) on the cardboard: 
"flower baskets are painted - preferably embroidered 
blue with silver motifs on the back 
Two lacework-widths on the side 
are attached to the blue underdress 
(...) golden lacework, 
the bright red headwear preferably embroidered 
white pearl with golden sprig."

A nice and elaborated example of Kay Nielsen scenery work.