Photo © Bonhams — view this lot on Bonhams ↗Two Costume Designs for Queen of Spades
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Oliver Messel (British, 1904–1978) · 1946
£300 hammer
≈ $384≈ €355
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “1946 watercolour and gouache”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed l.l
- Category
- Watercolors
- Auction house
- Sworders
- Sale
- Design | To include items from the Estate of Max Clendinning and Ralph Adron (1181)
- Date
- July 9, 2024
- Location
- Stansted Mountfitchet, United Kingdom
- Lot
- 89
- Estimate
- £200 – £300 (≈ $256 – $384) (≈ €237 – €355)
- Source
- Auction house sworder.co.uk ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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