Kay Nielsen | Suliman, ink and watercolour drawing, c. 1918

Kay Nielsen

Suliman, c. 1918

pencil and watercolour design on paper (219 x 148mm.; 317.5 x 400mm. inc. frame) heightened with gold, annotation to mount (shoe design), mounted, framed and glazed, laid down on brown paper, some very light foxing, minor cracking and discolouration of yellow paint, some fading of gold paint on clothing

This drawing was produced for Johannes Poulsen's production of Aladdin, showing a costume design for the character of Suliman. Poulsen produced the play in Copenhagen in 1918.

PROVENANCE:

Sotheby's, 23-24 May 1983, Lot 712.