14 in. (36 cm.) high

The artist at Maddox, Barbados and by descent to Lord Snowdon.

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Messel's first use of masks in his theatre design began with, what was at the time, a prestigious commission to make ‘masks and symbols’ for the Diaghilev Ballet production of Zéphyre et Flore, in 1925. These masks were later exhibited at the Claridge Gallery where they were noticed by the theatre impressario C.B.Cochran (1872-1951), who subsequently commissioned Messel to make masks for his revues from 1926 onwards. The present lot compares to a mask now in the Messel collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum (see S.232-2006).

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