Lot 363 , Oliver Messel (British, 1904-1978), Portrait of a black man in military uniform, oil on board, 53 x 39cm

§ Oliver Messel (British, 1904-1978) Portrait of a black man in military uniform
oil on board
Provenance: ex collection Thomas Baptise who was good friends with Oliver and Thomas Messel. He was godfather to Linley Lewis, Thomas Messel's nephew.
53 x 39cm
£3,000-5,000

Condition:
Oil thinly painted onto hardboard base, now rather dirty with various dents and scuffs throughout, notably some dents near the top left and right corners, some light surface scratches through above the forehead and near the ear and elsewhere and some slight rubs into the paint running across the lower margin, housed in a gilt frame with the artist obituary verso.

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