Stephen Tennant - Rex Whistler - Designs For The Theatre - Manuscript Page
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:23753696 | Region: Europe |
| Author: Stephen Tennant | Subject: Literature |
| Material: Paper | Type: Handwritten Manuscript |
| Original/Facsimile: Original | Place of Publication: 1930s |
Stephen Tennant - original manuscript page recounting a conversation with REx Whistler - Rex said to me " I think you are very clever"
By the great English Dandy and Brightest of the Bright Young People of the roaring 20s Stephen Tennant (1906-1987), lover of Siegfried Sassoon, best friend of the likes of Cecil Beaton & Rex Whistler, immortalized (in fiction) by Evelyn Waugh & Nancy Mitford, Stephen Tennant felt himself to be dying in the 1920s and retreated to bed in ...his Wilsthire Manor House but failed to die until 1987, described by David Hockney as being like 'a gilded slug.' This manuscript page came from the famous Christies sale at Wilsford in 1987 and was exhibited at an exhibition 'the Rose of Apollo is Gloomed With Fatal Snow' at Viktor Wynd Fine Art in london 2011. Tucked into a beautiful illustrated book on Rex Whistler's designs for the theatre 10% of the sale price will go to Shelter for Homeless people. listed with a very low reserve of £20On 23-Jun-20 at 10:52:42 BST, seller added the following information:PLEASE NOTE I'M MORE OR LESS AT THE END OF MY PILE AND DON'T THINK I'LL BE SELLING MANY / ANY MORE FOR THE MOMENT
By the great English Dandy and Brightest of the Bright Young People of the roaring 20s Stephen Tennant (1906-1987), lover of Siegfried Sassoon, best friend of the likes of Cecil Beaton & Rex Whistler, immortalized (in fiction) by Evelyn Waugh & Nancy Mitford, Stephen Tennant felt himself to be dying in the 1920s and retreated to bed in ...his Wilsthire Manor House but failed to die until 1987, described by David Hockney as being like 'a gilded slug.' This manuscript page came from the famous Christies sale at Wilsford in 1987 and was exhibited at an exhibition 'the Rose of Apollo is Gloomed With Fatal Snow' at Viktor Wynd Fine Art in london 2011. Tucked into a beautiful illustrated book on Rex Whistler's designs for the theatre 10% of the sale price will go to Shelter for Homeless people. listed with a very low reserve of £20On 23-Jun-20 at 10:52:42 BST, seller added the following information:PLEASE NOTE I'M MORE OR LESS AT THE END OF MY PILE AND DON'T THINK I'LL BE SELLING MANY / ANY MORE FOR THE MOMENT
