Sale 21TH01 | Lot 268

Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel

Catalogue: Stage & Screen
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel

Lot Details

Lot 268
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel
British, 1904-1978
Costume Design for The Country Wife (for Ruth Gordon)
Signed Oliver Messel (lr); inscribed Pinchwife disguised as a boy (ul) and Ruth Gordon (ur); variously inscribed with notes (cr)
Watercolor and gouache over pencil on paper
20 x 15 inches (50.8 x 38.1 cm)


Estimate: $500 - $700
Sold for $1,260 (includes buyer's premium)

Additional Notes & Condition Report

Paper is toned. Hinged to mat at top verso edge. Mat burn. Some creasing.


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Estimate: $500 - $700
Sold for $1,260 (includes buyer's premium)

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