Oliver Messel Pencil And Watercolour An Elegant Lady Circa.1950 Rigaud Signed and dated 1913

Signed and dated 1913

Watercolour drawing  Circa

6 by 33 cms

Black chalk drawing highlighted with watercolour and white chalk

Some areas of retouching to historic salt and water staining

Oliver Messel Pencil And Watercolour An Elegant Lady Circa.1950 Rigaud Signed and dated 1913Oliver Messel 1904 1978 An elegant lady with parasol, Pencil and watercolour drawing. Signed lower right. Dateable to Circa 1950. 48 x 34 cms. Oliver Messel was the foremost British stage and costume designer of the 1930s, 40's and 50's. His often unconventional and opulent designs for the, ballet, theatre and opera, made him the most sought after and highly paid theatrical designer of his generation.