Items Similar to Rashomon - A 1950 costume design for the New York Theatre by Oliver Messel
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 8
Oliver MesselRashomon - A 1950 costume design for the New York Theatre by Oliver Messel1959
1959
About the Item
OLIVER MESSEL
(1904-1978)
The Medium – Costume Design for Peter Glenville’s Rashomon, Performed at the Music Box, New York, 1959
Signed l.r.: Oliver Messel and inscribed u.r.: The Medium
Watercolour and chalks over traces of pencil
Framed
36 by 23 cm., 14 ¼ by 9 in.
(frame size 59 by 45 cm., 23 ¼ by 17 ¾ in.)
Provenance:
Wright Hepburn Gallery, London
Messel won a Tony Antoinette Award for his set for Rashomon, a play by Fay and Michael Kanin, directed by Peter Glenville and performed at the Music Box Theatre, New York, in 1959. Although a box office failure, the play was critically acclaimed. Brooks Atkinson praised Messel’s atmospheric set: “… Oliver Messel’s settings, represented the decaying Rashomon gate and a barbaric bamboo jungle are like the illustrations for a macabre legend. Rashomon is an incantation of thing far away and long since forgotten.” (New York Times, 28 January 1959). Messel was also nominated for a Tony award for his costume designs in the production.
Born in London, Messel was the grandson of the illustrator Linley Sambourne. After Eton he studied art at the Slade School of Art and by the early 1930s had established himself as one of Britain’s principal stage designers. Initially working for the Cochran Revues, he went on to design for many theatrical, operatic, ballet and film productions. His books included Stage Designs and Costumes, 1933; Designs for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1957 and Delightful Food, 1958. He exhibited at the Leicester Galleries and Redfern Gallery and also designed interiors and gardens of the Dorchester Hotel, Flaxley Abbey, Gloucestershire and elsewhere as well as several houses and grounds in Barbados and Mustique. The Victoria & Albert Museum hold the majority of his design archives.
- Creator:Oliver Messel (1904 - 1978, British)
- Creation Year:1959
- Dimensions:Height: 14.18 in (36 cm)Width: 9.06 in (23 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:
About the Seller
4.9
Vetted Seller
These experienced sellers undergo a comprehensive evaluation by our team of in-house experts.
Established in 2004
1stDibs seller since 2018
49 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 15 hours
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Ships From: Banbury, United Kingdom
- Return PolicyA return for this item may be initiated within 14 days of delivery.
More From This SellerView All
- Seated Man - 20th Century British figure drawing by Carolyn SergeantLocated in London, GBCAROLYN SERGEANT (1937-2018) Seated Man in a Pullover Signed beneath the mount Chalk and grisaille wash over traces of pencil, heightened with white Unframed in mount only 53 by ...Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsChalk, Watercolor
- London Cabman - 19th Century British illustration by equestrian artist ArmourBy George Denholm ArmourLocated in London, GBGEORGE DENHOLM ARMOUR, RSA, OBE (1864-1949) “Keep you ‘ead in” Signed, inscribed: Cabman: “Now then bunny, you keep your ‘ead in the rabbit-‘utch, there ‘aint no lettuces for you ...Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor, Pencil
- Opera Costume Design for The Barber of Seville by Oliver MesselBy Oliver MesselLocated in London, GBOLIVER MESSEL (1904-1978) Costume Design for Rosina in the Barber of Seville Signed and indistinctly inscribed Watercolour and bodycolour, framed ...Category
1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor
- Visit to the Bazaar - 1916 British watercolour on silk by SheringhamBy George SheringhamLocated in London, GBGEORGE SHERINGHAM (1884-1937) Visit to the Bazaar Signed; inscribed with title on a label on the backboard Watercolour and gold paint on silk 15 by 38 cm., 6 by 15 in. (frame size 34 by 56 cm., 13 ½ by 22 in.) Exhibited: London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibition of Works by George Sheringham, 1916, no.17. Sheringham was born in London and studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and later in Venice, Brussels, Berlin and Paris where he held his first one-man exhibition in 1905. On his return to London he initially supported himself with poster designs and teaching. His first exhibition of fan designs was held at the Ryder Gallery in 1909 followed by another in the following year. With enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator. He illustrated books by Max Beerbohm and Cyrus MacMillan. In 1921 he collaborated with his brother Hugh on a book about fishing, The Book of the Fly Rod. He wrote Drawing in Pen and Pencil (1922), with James Laver, Design in the Theatre (1927) and with Rupert Mason and R Boyd Morrison he edited Robes of Thespis, Costume Designs by Modern Artists (1928). As a decorator, Sheringham designed the music room at 40 Devonshire House...Category
1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor
- The Sportsmen - Early 20th Century British illustrationLocated in London, GBSTEPHEN BAGHOT DE LA BERE (1877-1927) The Sportsmen Signed Watercolour and pencil Framed 36 by 30.5 cm., 14 ¼ by 12 in. (frame size 48.5 by 43 cm., 19 by 17 in.) Baghot de la Ber...Category
1890s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor
- A Young Lady and Two Beaux - 18th Century British Wash Drawing by Paul SandbyBy Paul SandbyLocated in London, GBPAUL SANDBY (1731-1809) A Young Lady with Two Beaux Pencil and brown wash Framed 11 by 13.5 cm., 4 ¼ by 5 ¼ in. (frame size 27.5 by 30 cm., 10 ¾ by 11 ¾ in.) Provenance: R F Pearce; Agnew, London; Private collection. Sandby was born in Nottingham and moved to London in 1745. He and his brother Thomas first worked in the military drawing department at the Tower of London, later working on a military survey of new roads and bridges in the Highlands. On leaving this post in 1751 he spent some time living with his brother who had been appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park. There he assisted his brother, and made a series of drawings of the castle, town and neighbourhood. In 1760 he settled in London where he contributed to the first exhibition of the Society of Artists where he regularly exhibited until the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, becoming one of its founder members. In same year he was appointed chief drawing...Category
Late 18th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor
You May Also Like
- Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - CamillaBy Kamsar OhanyanLocated in Paris, IDFWatercolor and pencil on paperCategory
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsWatercolor, Handmade Paper, Pencil
- Armenian Contemporary Art by Kamsar Ohanyan - LisaBy Kamsar OhanyanLocated in Paris, IDFWatercolor and pencil on paperCategory
2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsHandmade Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
- Winter landscape - XX Century, Watercolor Painting, Realistic View of WoodsBy Dariusz AniszewskiLocated in Warsaw, PLDARIUSZ ANISZEWSKI (born in 1972) Polish painter. He graduated from the Art School in Gdynia Orłowo and then studied painting under the guidance of prof. Antoni Fałat and prof. Andrz...Category
20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Watercolor
- Wroclaw - Contemporary Watercolor & Ink Landscape Painting, ArchitectureBy Mariusz SzałajdewiczLocated in Warsaw, PLMariusz Szalajdewicz (b. 1974) Studied at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology, where he mastered the drawing skill. Architect and urbanist, illustrator. ...Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsInk, Watercolor, Paper
- Magazine Story Illustration, RedBook or The Saturday Evening PostBy Seymour Alling BallLocated in Miami, FLSigned lower left: Seymour Ball Inscribed upper left: To Morris E Weiss with best wishes Seymour Ball" Matted not framedCategory
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsIndia Ink, Watercolor
- "The Newcomes, Chapter XI" - Early 20th Century Figurative Watercolor with PianoBy Charles Edmund BrockLocated in Soquel, CAAn fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, "The Newcomes, Memoirs of the ...Category
1910s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MaterialsPaper, Watercolor
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Linley Box
Marguerite Callet-Carcano On Sale
Maurice Berdon On Sale
Augusta Hoffman Studio
Augusta Hoffman
Bar Cart Nyc
Blue Milk Paint Farm Table
Bo Bartlett On Sale
Broncia Koller
Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt On Sale
Buford Crossland
C. Harry Allis On Sale
Cecil Wray Goodchild
Charles Paul Gruppe On Sale
Chinese Figurative Rug
Claudio Bravo Pencil
Concetta Scaravaglione
Constantin Ernest Adolphe Hyacinthe Guys On Sale