Watercolour with gouache over touches of pencil, 18 by 12 cm

(a pair)

These two designs are preliminary studies for the decorative arches that appear stage right and stage left of the main set in Piper's celebrated designs for a production of Mozart's Don Giovanni that was produced at Glyndebourne in 1951. A related design for the same set with the present arches integrated into the main scheme is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc.S1775-1986). The second design in the present pair is illustrated below.