© Bonhams — view on Bonhams website ↗Four costume designs for Elizabeth Taylor as 'Kate' in The Taming of the Shrew, circa 1961-66
Watercolor
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Four costume designs for Barbara Streisand as 'Fanny Brice' in Funny Girl
Irene Sharaff (American, 1910–1993) · 1968
£7,680 price realized incl. premium
≈ $10,366≈ €9,104
Hammer £6,000 · with buyer’s premium £7,680
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- Medium
- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “gouache, watercolour and pen and ink”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and inscribed
- Category
- Gouaches
- Dimensions
- 40 x 32cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/8in). (the largest)
- Auction house
- Bonhams
- Sale
- Collections: Including the Roy Astley Collection of Theatrical Designs, and Selected Items from the Estates of Geoffrey Sawyer; Sir Brian Williamson; and Howard Godfrey (31256)
- Date
- June 3, 2025
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 84
- Estimate
- £500 – £700 (≈ $675 – $945) (≈ €593 – €830)
- Source
- Auction house bonhams.com ↗Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
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