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David Salle (American, b. 1952) Seven Stage Designs for the Armitage Ballet production The Elizabethan Phrasing of the Late Albert Ayler : Prelude/Color Chips , Scene 1 Act 1/Light Fixtures , Scene 2 Act 1/Dragon , Act 1 Scene 2/Gum Machine , Curtain and Act I Close/Large Eye , Act 2 Scene 1/Arms and Circles , Act 2 Scene 2/Light Bulbs Each signed and inscribed "David Salle Study for EPCA" l.l., titled l.c., dated "1986" l.r., all with unidentified labels and labels from Mary Boone Gallery, New York, affixed to the frame backings. Mixed media including gouache and paper on paper/board, sizes to 12 1/2 x 19 in. (31.7 x 48.5 cm), framed. Condition: Craquelure, adhesive residue, scattered creases, scattered abrasions, scattered minor stains, some sheets and collage elements have partially detached from their supports, Act 2 Scene 2 with flaking, floated in frames, not examined out of frames. Provenance: Collection of Maria Lopez and Stephen Mindich, Massachusetts. N.B. David Salle has collaborated on many theater and dance productions, beginning in 1981 when he was asked to design the set and costumes for Birth of the Poet , an opera by Kathy Acker under the direction of Richard Foreman He has since designed sets and costumes for more than fifteen productions by avant-garde choreographer Karole Armitage Their ballet and opera collaborations have been staged in theaters around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera House, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, and the Paris Opera. The same year Salle designed the sets and costumes for the presentation of the ballet The Elizabethan Phrasing of the Late Albert Ayler , in Eindhoven, Netherlands, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship for his work in the theater.