OLIVER MESSEL'S DESIGN FOR IDOMENEO: Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)

Lot 128
24.09.2020 06:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 128 | OLIVER MESSEL'S DESIGN FOR IDOMENEO: Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)
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£ 800 – 1 200
OLIVER MESSEL'S DESIGN FOR IDOMENEO:
Oliver Hilary Sambourne Messel (1904-1978)
The first sketch for "Idomeneo" for the 1951 Glyndebourne Festival
signed 'Oliver Messel' (lower right), inscribed and dated 'The first sketch/ for Idomeneo Summer/ 1951/ for Glyndebourne', inscribed 'To my Darling Mother/ with all dearest love/ Oliver 5th August 1952' and 'For Darling Tony/ August 1963 - Oliver' to the reverse
pencil and brown wash heightened with white, on grey paper
141/2 x 18 in. (36.2 x 45.7 cm.) framed
Executed in 1951.
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