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Ceus dressed up
Oliver Messel (British, 1904–1978)
£1,700 hammer
≈ $1,906≈ €1,952
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “watercolour and gouacheSigned”
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 48 x 32.5cm
- Auction house
- Dreweatts
- Sale
- The Collection formerly from Flaxley Abbey: An Oliver Messel Commission (drewea1-10317)
- Date
- October 3, 2022
- Location
- Newbury, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 142
- Estimate
- £800 – £1,200 (≈ $897 – $1,346) (≈ €919 – €1,378)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.dreweatts.com ↗Retrieved Oct 11, 2026
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