Vittorio Ceroni Gonzaga

Hunter College's Benefit Evening by Vittorio Ceroni Gonzaga - 1945

1945

This is a Typewritten Letter Signed by Giuseppe Prezzolini to the Countess Pecci Blunt. New York, September 30th 1941. In Italian. One page, single-sided. On letterhead paper "Colu...

This lot is composed of : a Telegram by Mario Soldati to Maria De Matteis. Written In Italian. Rome, April 20th, 1943 (from the postmark on the back); a Au...

Correspondance is a lot composed of 3 items, three typewritten letters signed by Sergio Romiti to Nesto Jacometti, written during 1951. In Italian. One page-single-sided. Excellent c...

Vita col padre is the main content of these 4 Autograph Letters Signed by Gerardo Guerrieri to Maria de Matteis. Not Dated. Around 1947. In Italian. Excellent condition. Including a map of the scene, sketched in black ink. Suggesting theatrical mood, theatrical staging, stage, costume ideas and stage colors, intellectual references (Orson Welles and Rex Whistler), the Italian dramaturg asks the collaboration of the yung and talented costume designer, Maria De Matteis. Under the supervision of Luchino Visconti, Gerardo Guerrieri signs the direction of Vita col padre, by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse (premiered on January 28, 1947, Teatro Eliseo, Rome). These letters refers to all preparations and adaptations for the theater, from the stage to the costumes. " Io vorrei una scena leggera, a tinte tenui, ariosa(..) Anche per i costumi direi di tenerci su un tono più sottile e spumoso: tutta scena e personaggi svampiti che stiano per volare per aria come coppe di champagne delicatissimi!". "I would like a light scene, with soft colors, airy (..) Also for the costumes I would say to keep us on a more subtle and frothy tone: all scene and dizzy characters who are about to fly in the air like very delicate champagne glasses! Gerardo Guerrieri (Matera,1920 – Rome,1986) The Italian film director, playwright, screenwriter, translator, theater critic, and essayist, Gerardo Guerrieri is particularly remembered for translating in Italian numerous plays by Anton Chekhov, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, August Strindberg, Eugene O'Neill, William Saroyan...

A rare collection of ephemera designed by Frank Barr ca’ 1940’s. Advertising exhibitions by James Prestini etc…a total of 22 pieces.

PRESENTING A HUGELY IMPORTANT, EXCEPTIONALLY RARE and FULLY AUTHENTIC COLLECTION of 6 Items pertaining to President Theodore Roosevelt, that have never been outside family ownership, namely: (1) Original Theodore Roosevelt Letter 14th August 1918 to Eliza Calvert Hall, (2) Original Envelope – Aug 1918, with postage stamps, marks, etc. (3) Original Theodore Roosevelt Letter 8th November 1918 to Mrs Obenchain (4) Original Envelope – Nov 1918, with postage stamps, marks, etc. (5) HUGELY IMPORTANT handwritten ‘Poem’ on an Index Card by Eliza Calvert Hall which was sent by her to Theodore, after the death of Quentin in July 1918 and is referenced to by him, in the letter of August 1918, and (6) Original letter dated 12 September 2018 to Maj LC Obenchain, which completes provenance/background. (1) & (2) – PRESENTING AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE and FULLY AUTHENTIC Theodore Roosevelt Letter from August 1918 with original envelope. On ‘Sagamore Hill’ letterhead. Fully handwritten and personally signed by President...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1949 Broadway production of `The Happiest Years`, starring Douglas Watson, Peggy...

Medium: Pen and Ink on Cardstock Signature: Signed Upper Left Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1946 Broadway revival of James M. Barrie`s `What Every Woman Knows`, starring Richard Waring & June Duprez. To the left of the leads stand Philip Bournef, Arthur Keegan & Ernest Truex. Produced by American Repertory Theatre, directed by Margaret Webster, designed by Paul Morrison, the show ran from 11/8/46 - 2/15/47, for 21 performances at the International Theatre. It was in rep with `King Henry VIII`, `John Gabriel Borkman` & `A Pound on Demand`/`Androcles and the Lion...