'THE CIRCUS BALL', AN OIL AND GOUACHE ON PAPER

OLIVER MESSEL, 1938

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'THE CIRCUS BALL', AN OIL AND GOUACHE ON PAPER
Oliver Messel, 1938
Signed and dated on the verso OLIVER MESSEL 1938
30 x 20in. (77 x 51.5cm.), framed

Lot Essay

This painting illustrates the last great private ball given in Paris before World War II, which was extensively covered by Harper's Bazaar and Vogue magazines in 1938.