Live Auction 10443Modern British & Irish Art
Sir Noël Coward (1899-1973)
Lot 47

Sir Noël Coward (1899-1973)

On the way to the market, Jamaica

Closed9 December 2015

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GBP 10,000

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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.)

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

Specialist note

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.