Sale 5390
London, South Kensington
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7 October 2008
Price realised
GBP 5,250
Estimate
Sir Noël Coward (1899-1973) Reggae Beat signed 'NOëL COWARD' (lower left) oil on canvas 24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm.)
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Exhibited
London, Music Theatre Gallery, Noël Coward and Friends, June 1994, catalogue not traced.
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