$180
Kermit Love (American, 1916-2008) Two Designs for the Shepherdess from L'Enfant et les Sortilèges One signed and dated "Kermit Love/1980" l. r., the other unsigned. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 14 x 8 1/2 in. (35.2 x 21.5 cm), one matted, both unframed. Condition: Soiling to edges, one with minor foxing. Provenance: From the collection of Boris Kochno, acquired by Laurence-Anne François, then to the present owner. N.B. Kermit Love, perhaps best known as the creator of Sesame Street characters Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus, also worked with many renowned choreographers, including collaborating with George Balanchine for over forty years. In the 1970s Love created sets and costumes for Balanchine's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (The Spellbound Child) , a one-act opera that tells the tale of a bratty boy who tears up his house and tortures his cat and squirrel, but is then taught lessons by objects that come to life. Kermit Love also created costumes and settings for the 1981 television production of the opera.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-09-20
