Costume design for a female character

Costume design for a female character
 (1952)
from the play Letter from Paris

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
brush and ink, watercolour and black chalk over pencil
Measurements
37.6 × 25.0 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil (in image) l.r.: Oliver Messel (underlined)
Accession Number
P212-1992
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Peter Corrigan, 1992
© Estate of Oliver Messel CBE
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Costume Performing Arts
Subjects (specific)
costume design costumes (character dress) design drawings theatre costume

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