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A group of Harper Goff set design paintings for San Antonio and Pete Kelly's Blues
21 November 2017, 13:00 EST
New YorkUS$2,000 - US$3,000
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A group of Harper Goff set design paintings for San Antonio and Pete Kelly's Blues
San Antonio: Warner Bros., 1945. Eight drawings, gouache, pen, and pencil on board, matted, each mat has a mimeographed title card: "'San Antonio' / Art Director / Ted Smith / Illustrator / Harper Goff," 5 with captioned set names in pencil, 4 are signed ("Harper Goff"), with a pencil self-portrait sketch to one mat's verso; Pete Kelly's Blues: Warner Bros., 1955. One drawing, watercolor and pencil on board, "Int. Pete's Room" in watercolor to lower left, matted with a clear celluloid overlay. Goff worked (uncredited) as a production illustrator on the western San Antonio starring Errol Flynn; the film received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Art Direction (Ted Smith, Jack McConaghy). Goff's drawings depict various sets from the film. The drawing from Pete Kelly's Blues depicts Prohibition-Era jazz musician "Pete Kelly's" (Jack Webb) dingy cold-water flat.
San Antonio: Overall: 15 x 20 in.; within mat: 7 x 9.25 in to 10.5 x 13.5 in.; Pete Kelly's Blues: overall: 18 x 30 in.; within mat: 9 x 23 in.
San Antonio: Overall: 15 x 20 in.; within mat: 7 x 9.25 in to 10.5 x 13.5 in.; Pete Kelly's Blues: overall: 18 x 30 in.; within mat: 9 x 23 in.