Lot 545 , Richard Lake Designs for stage sets largest 20.5 x 30.5in.

Richard Lake
folio of gouache, watercolours and drawings
Designs for stage sets
largest 20.5 x 30.5in.
Estimate £200-300

28 works in total:
Mixed media work in hardboard - sketch of ruined buildings, approx. 25 x 16in.
Wax crayon sketch of a cathedral on paper, approx 18 x 12in.
Sketch of an ape on a cage of apes, approx. 18 x 12in
Wax pastel sketch of buildings, approx. 24 x 18in.
Gouache and ink, original artwork Beatles Tribute ATV Television 1968, approx. 18 x 30in.
Gouache on brown paper, interior cottage setting, approx 18 x 30in.
Gouache on paper, design for stage setting for The Foolish Gentlewoman, Duchess Theatre 1949, approx 16 x 28in.
Gouache on paper, For Love in Albania, St James Theatre 1949, approx 16 x 25in.
Gouache on paper, The Square Ring, Lyric Theatre, approx 20 x 30in.
Gouache and ink on paper, The Light of Heart, signed and inscribed, approx. 20 x 30in.
Ink on paper, interior with orchestra, approx. 25 x 30in.
Ink on paper, interior with singer and orchestra, approx 25 x 30in.
Gouache on paper, Tobacco Road, Playhouse Theatre, 1949, approx 25 x 30in,
Gouache on card, 1950's interior, uninscribed, approx 25 x 30in.,
Six strips of camera negatives indistinctly inscribed
A further seven strips of colour negatives inscribed Band Show Sets
Gouache on black paper, Fantastical building, approx 20 x 24in.
Folder of five strips of colour negatives, further set studies
Ink on plastic tracing paper, Band and orchestra, approx 20 x 25in.
Similar larger version
Ink on ATV Network Ltd Design Department tracing paper, Circus Tent interior, approx 25 x 30in.
Similar on unprinted paper, Biker and Dancer, Manhattan style, possibly Guys & Dolls stage set, approx 25 x 30in.
Ink on tracing paper, stage design Englebert Humperdinck set, rather torn and creased around the edges
ATV Studio plan, showing seating and stage layout
Ink on tracing paper, back ground scenery, again possibly Guys & Dolls type scene
Ink on tracing paper, Plan for Alice Cooper set
Photostated copy of the motorbike scene
Another ink on tracing paper, buildings set design
Two layer gouache on black paper cut out design for stage set, uninscribed.
Gouache on black paper, Coastal scene set, approx 24 x 30in.
Gouache on card, interior loft apartment, approx. 24 x 28in.
Condition fair though most of the works are a little tatty around the edges from being loosely stored in a folio.


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Sold for £300