Lila DE NOBILI (1916-2002) (Theater - Opera) - Lot 160

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Lila DE NOBILI (1916-2002) (Theater - Opera) - Lot 160
Lila DE NOBILI (1916-2002) (Theater - Opera) Costume and set for Ruy Blas, performed at the Comédie Française in 1960 with Don Maria de Neubourg, Don Maria deNeubourg Gouache 23 x 30 cm Lila de Nobili (1916-2002), born in Castagnola (Switzerland) of Italian descent, was one of the greatest set and costume designers of the 20th century. Fashion illustrator for French Vogue in the 1940s-1950s, she collaborated with prestigious directors such as Luchino Visconti and Franco Zeffirelli. In 1960, for Raymond Rouleau's production of Victor Hugo's Ruy Blas at the Comédie-Française, she designed the sets and costumes, including sumptuous 17th-century gowns for the Queen of Spain (played by Claude Winter) and other female characters, blending brocade, embroidery and poetic elegance.
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