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Costume design for the actress Delia Dosson

Oliver MESSEL
Costume design for the actress Delia Dosson
 (1952)
from the play Letter from Paris, Act III

Medium
brush and ink, watercolour and black chalk over pencil on green paper

Measurements
37.6 × 25.1 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Peter Corrigan, 1992
© Estate of Oliver Messel CBE

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pencil l.c.r.: Oliver Messel

Accession Number
P213-1992

Department
International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Costume Performing Arts

Subjects (specific)
costume design costumes (character dress) design drawings theatre costume violet (colour)

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