Lot Details
Lot 266
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel
British, 1904-1978
(i) Costume Design for Rod Steiger in Rashomon, circa 1959
Signed Oliver Messel (lr)
Graphite and watercolor on paper
14 x 9 7/8 inches (35.7 x 25.6 cm)
Messel produced this costume design for the 1959 Broadway adaptation of the Akira Kurosawa film Rashomon. Steiger starred in the three-time Tony nominated production.
(ii) Costume Design
Signed Oliver Messel (ll), inscribed indistinctly (ul)
Graphite and watercolor on blue paper
14 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (37.2 x 25.2 cm)
C Estate of Thomas P. Lacy
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
Sold for $756 (includes buyer's premium)
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Hinged to backing at upper left and upper right. Water stains at lower right corner and edge. Some brown toning at extreme edges of sheet. Areas of glue stains bleeding through from verso at upper center, upper right corner and lower left corner. Slight ripple to sheet.
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