Erté (1892-1990) designed 90 sets and costumes for the famous production and the Bonhams exhibition of this work has been put together by collector Elizaveta Meshkvicheva.
In the forward to the exhibition catalogue, Meshkvicheva said: “We are so fortunate, dare I say blessed, that we can once again observe the grandeur and profundity of Erté’s imagination and creativity, through this collection.”
Russian-born French artist Romain de Tirtoff (1892-1990) was known as Erté from the French pronunciation of his initials.
The exhibition, Harmony and Opulence: Erte and Der Rosenkavalier, will take place at Bonhams’ New Bond Street saleroom from May 22-26.
The Glyndebourne festival was founded in 1934 in West Sussex and it produced Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier in 1980 with Erté’s designs.
