Alexandre Trauner (1906 1993)

Alexandre Trauner (1906 1993)
Set design for the film Cyrano de Bergerac
circa 1950
Lithograph on paper enhanced with watercolour and signed lower left
41,7 x 63 cm

It was to be directed by director Alexander Korda. Scouts were initiated in Europe, but Korda did not find the financial means to make his project succeed, and sold his rights. Columbia Pictures rejected Welles' project by assigning the rights to the United Artist, who made a film version in 1950 based on a completely different script.