Doris Clare Zinkeisen 1897-1991. Pencil and watercolour costume design for Miss Freehaven in the Chorus. Inscribed 1st Act Finale upper left & Miss Freehaven upper right. 35 by 54 cms image. 57 by 76.5 cms. Framed overall. Possibly a design for the 1935 London Stage production "Stop Press."
Doris Zinkeisen was a prolific and much sought after painter and stage designer, best known for designing the lavish sets and costumes for legendary showman Charles B. Cochran's London revues, as well as productions written by Noël Coward. Outside of the theatre, she and her sister Anna painted the famous interior murals for the luxury ocean liners the RMS Queen Mary and the RMS Queen Elizabeth.
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