Last week's blog about the historian Huizinga displayed one of the back-drops Ricketts designed for Shaw's play Saint Joan.
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Charles Ricketts, Drop-curtain for Saint Joan (1924) |
Internet images are prone to commercialization, and Ricketts's designs are no exceptions. Earlier I showed some examples of mugs.
The Shaw back-drop can be ordered as a 'canvas', suggesting that some sort of painting will adorn the prospective buyer's wall.
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'Stretched canvas print' based on Ricketts's design for Saint Joan |
The price is quite surprising for a print size of 13 by 10 inches: $95.99. Every free image on the internet can be ordered as a print for a price like this. One could, of course, download the image for free. Even a copy of the book that includes the original reproduction - and fifteen other plates - can be had for less. Saint Joan. A Chronicle Play in Six Scenes and An Epilogue doesn't have to cost more than $90,00.