Lot 605: Lots 605-615 are the property of a private

Lots 605-615 are the property of a private collector of theatre, ballet and opera illustrations and paintings Alan Halliday, British b.1952- "Ga¯te Parisienne", American Ballet Theatre, 1990; pen, ink and watercolour, two in matching frames, signed and inscribed in pen, ea. 37.5x27.5cm: Alan Halliday, British b.1952- "Les Biches", The Royal Ballet, 1984; pen, ink and watercolour, 28x38cm: Alan Halliday, British b.1952- "Alain comforted by his father, Farmer Thomas", La Fille Mal Gardee, Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet, 1990; pen, ink and watercolour, 38x28cm: together with another pen, ink and watercolour, "Apollo II" 1987, by the same artist, signed and inscribed in pen, 54x36cm, (5), (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Provenance: one with Music Theatre Gallery, 1 Elystan Place, London SW3 3LA, one with The Brunton Street Gallery, London W1X 7DB according to the labels attached to the reverse Note: Alan Halliday was trained at the Courtauld Institute of Art where he was taught by Anthony Blunt and Anita Brookner. In 1985, for the Chelsea Arts Club, he designed a Venice Carnival Ball at the Royal Albert Hall and held nine one-man shows at the Royal Opera House. Halliday has painted in Russia, South America, the Middle East and throughout Europe. He has painted the Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Opera and the English National Ballet, the Kirov, the Bolshoi, the Paris Opera, New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, the Joffrey, Nederlans Dans Theatre, Rambert, Dutch, Australian and Stuttgart Ballets. Following four exhibitions at the National Theatre, Halliday was made artist-in-residence with the Cincinnati Ballet, and also with the Caracalla Dance Theatre in Montreal, Paris and Beirut, culminating in an exhibition in Beirut. Beyond the theatre, Halliday painted St. George's Hall after the fire at Windsor Castle. The work was acquired by the V & A. In 1993 he was invited to record images of devastation at Bishopsgate following the bombing of the City of London, the paintings are in the Museum of London.