Scene design for Act I in Sleeping Beauty

Maker and role
Artist: Oliver Messel, British, 1904-1978
 Year
1946

Object detail

Media/Materials
Gouache and watercolor on paper
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of William Pitkin
Accession number
TL1993.2.6
Object type
Drawings and Watercolors
Department
Theatre Arts
Location
Not on view
Theatre production
Ballet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Produced by Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, London, 1946.
Further information
This production, staged by Ninette de Valois, marked the reopening of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, after World War II. Margot Fonteyn danced Aurora to great acclaim for an audience that included the young Princess Elizabeth, future Queen of England.
Signature & date
Signed at lower right: Oliver Messel. Notation on verso: One of the first sketches for Act I/For Dear Bill Pitkin/to render all the wonderfully/helpful times over Sleeping Beauty/Endless appreciations
Associated person
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (b.1840, d.1893)
Royal Opera
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