Vintage 1992 Mardi Gras Krewe of Hephaestus Morgan City, Louisiana Tableau Ball Concept Art Archive Set by Cunhas Scenic Studios

Up for sale is a Vintage 1992 Mardi Gras Krewe of Hephaestus Morgan City, Louisiana Tableau Ball Concept Art Archive Set by Cunhas Scenic Studios! The color rendering measures 8 7/16” by 6”. The pencil sketch measures 9 13/16” by 7 9/16”. The scanned copy measures 11” by 8 9/16”. The photograph measures 4” by 5 3/8”. The set is in excellent overall condition with minor signs of wear consistent with its age and use. Please message us if you have any questions. Thanks!

This original 1992 production archive offers a rare, behind-the-scenes look into the traditional tableau set design history of the Krewe of Hephaestus—the oldest chartered Mardi Gras organization in St. Mary Parish (Morgan City, Louisiana). Produced by the renowned Louisiana display house Cunhas Scenic Studios, this one-of-a-kind 4-piece lot details the complete creative evolution of the krewe's majestic stage crest, tracing the process from concept to reality with an initial pencil sketch, an annotated layout sheet, a hand-signed color rendering dated 1992, and an original vintage Fujifilm photograph depicting the completed prop grandly displayed against red stage drapery. Highlighting the mythical Hephaestus holding his glowing hammer encircled by the organization's founding date, "1961," this archive holds exceptional value for carnival historians, theatre arts archivists, and Louisiana ephemera collectors; because original, hand-drawn stage design proposals for regional krewes were produced strictly as working material and rarely survived, finding an entire complete design workflow intact makes this lot an extraordinarily scarce piece of Gulf Coast Mardi Gras history.

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