Lot Essay
53 Endell Street, Covent Garden was Angus McBean's photographic studio between 1944 and 1965. Many of the rooms were painted with trompe l'oeil scenes by L Roy Hobdell.
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Prospect for the bedroom at 53 Endell Street, Covent Garden
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Leslie Roy Hobdell (1911-1961)
Prospect for the bedroom at 53 Endell Street, Covent Garden
signed 'L Roy Hobdell' (lower right) and inscribed 'For Angus McBean Esq. 1952/Prospect for the bedroom at 53 Endell St.' (lower right)
watercolour
13 x 23½ in. (33 x 59.7 cm.)
Inscribed to the reverse in ink by Angus McBean 'Sketch design by L Roy Hobdell for the main wall in the painted bedroom done for Angus McBean April 1954 at his studio 53 Endell St London.'
Prospect for the bedroom at 53 Endell Street, Covent Garden
signed 'L Roy Hobdell' (lower right) and inscribed 'For Angus McBean Esq. 1952/Prospect for the bedroom at 53 Endell St.' (lower right)
watercolour
13 x 23½ in. (33 x 59.7 cm.)
Inscribed to the reverse in ink by Angus McBean 'Sketch design by L Roy Hobdell for the main wall in the painted bedroom done for Angus McBean April 1954 at his studio 53 Endell St London.'
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