On the way to the market, Jamaica

Details

Sir Noël Coward (1899-1973)
On the way to the market, Jamaica
signed 'Noël Coward' (lower left)
pencil and gouache
24 x 18 in. (60.9 x 45.2 cm.)

Provenance

Gifted by Oliver Smith (1918-1994) to the present owner's parents in 1970, and by descent.

Special Notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

Lot Essay

Oliver Smith (1918-1994) was one of the most prolific and imaginative designers in the history of the American theatre and a former co-director of American Ballet Theatre. Smith designed a number of celebrated Broadway musicals, films and operas, including Oklahoma, Porgy and Bess and La Traviata. Smith was nominated for twenty-five Tony Awards, of which he won ten and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work on Guys and Dolls.

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