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Set Design

1952 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oliver Messel was an important designer for theatre and cinema in the period from the 1930s to the 1960s. This is a design for a stage set for an unidentified production for Sir Charles B. Cochran.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, and oil on paper
Brief description
Oliver Messel: stage design for an unidentified production. 1952
Physical description
Design for a stage set
Dimensions
  • Height: 11 3/4in
  • Width: 20 1/8in
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Oliver Messel' (signed in ink)
  • 'Scene of a Country Lane in Spring for a production for Cohran [ and with a greeting to the former owner] 1952' (Inscribed and dated on the back)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Ernest E. Cook through Art Fund
Subjects depicted
Summary
Oliver Messel was an important designer for theatre and cinema in the period from the 1930s to the 1960s. This is a design for a stage set for an unidentified production for Sir Charles B. Cochran.
Collection
Accession number
E.456-1955

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Record createdMay 8, 2006
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