Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Set Design for The Country Wife, 1936
Oil · Canvas
Bonhams · Oct 24, 2024$7,680 ≈ £5,917 ≈ €7,110Sign up free to see price
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Oliver Messel (British, 1904–1978)
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Estimate £2,500 – £3,500 (≈ $3,467 – $4,854) (≈ €2,878 – €4,030)
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated Oliver Messel/1940 (on the canvas overlap) oil on canvas
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 87.7 x 72.5 cm
- Auction house
- Chiswick Auctions
- Sale
- Modern & Post-War British Art (srchis10792)
- Date
- April 22, 2021
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 334
- Estimate
- £2,500 – £3,500 (≈ $3,467 – $4,854) (≈ €2,878 – €4,030)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.chiswickauctions.co.uk ↗Retrieved Oct 13, 2026
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Woolley & Wallis · Mar 25, 2026£950 ≈ $1,272 ≈ €1,098Sign up free to see price
Photo © Lyon & Turnbull — view this lot on Lyon & Turnbull ↗THREE SKETCHES FOR WEDDING DECORATIONS - A CIRCULAR TEMPLE OF TRESTLED COLUMNS; A SIMPLE LITTLE TENT; SKETCH FOR THE ANTE ROOM, 1952
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