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An oasis of gaiety and splendour amid the general world gloom: A ballet performance in the Little Golden Theatre of the Casino at Monte Carlo
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Bryan De Grineau (1883-1957)
An oasis of gaiety and splendour amid the general world gloom: A ballet performance in the Little Golden Theatre of the Casino at Monte Carlo
signed, inscribed and dated 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU/MONTE CARLO/1951' (lower left)
pencil, unframed
15 ¼ x 22 in. (38.6 x 55.8 cm.)
An oasis of gaiety and splendour amid the general world gloom: A ballet performance in the Little Golden Theatre of the Casino at Monte Carlo
signed, inscribed and dated 'BRYAN DE GRINEAU/MONTE CARLO/1951' (lower left)
pencil, unframed
15 ¼ x 22 in. (38.6 x 55.8 cm.)
Literature
The Illustrated London News, 3 February 1951, pp. 182-3.
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