La Traviata

Name: MICHAEL STENNETT (BRITISH, 1946-2000)
Brand: La Traviata
Price: 500.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 630

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Closed: 25 Oct 2022

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MICHAEL STENNETT (BRITISH, 1946-2000)

La Traviata

Price Realised USD 630

Closed: 25 Oct 2022

Price Realised USD 630

Closed: 25 Oct 2022

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MICHAEL STENNETT (BRITISH, 1946-2000)
La Traviata
watercolor and gouache on paper
18⁵⁄₈ x 26 in. (47.3 x 66 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 February 1995, lot 300.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

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Lot Essay

The present lot shows a scene from the Australian Opera's 1978 production of for which Michael Stennett served as the costume designer. He designed the costumes for many seasons at the Australian Opera, which included the productions of Rigoletto (1972), Jenůfa (1974), Così fan tutte, Madama Butterfly (1975), La Traviata, Fra Diavolo (1977), Lucia di Lammermoor (1979), I Masnadieri, Les Huguenots, Tosca (1980), I Puritani, Adriana Lecouvreur (1984), Un Ballo in Maschera (1985), Peter Grimes, La fille du régiment (1986), The Force of Destiny (1988) and Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci (1989).