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MAX RÉE.
Group of 3 watercolor and ink drawings of costume designs for 1920s Broadway produc-
tions. Two are 210x330 mm; 13x8
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2
inches.The other is 430x300 mm; 17x12 inches. Each
mounted to black paper and signed in pencil lower right.
[300/400]
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Large unfinished watercolor and pencil
sketch of a theatrical costume on tracing
paper, showing a showgirl with elaborate
headdress, umbrella and drapery. 890x450
mm; 35x17
1
/
2
inches. Horizontal folds and
several creases due to fragile paper. Signed
in pencil lower right.
[200/300]
Rée was a Danish-born costume designer who
moved to the United States as a costume
designer for Max Reinhart. He came to New
York as a set and costume designer for such
classic flapper-era productions as Earl Carroll’s
Vanities and Music Box Revue. He also
designed covers for The NewYorker, 4 of which
were published in 1925.
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