ID 1362800
Lot 41 | SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
A youthful Max: self portrait
signed twice 'Max' (centre left and centre right)
pencil, black chalk and grey wash, heightened with touches of bodycolour on laid paper
10 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. (27 x 20.5 cm.)
Provenance
Private collection, USA.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 2001, lot 118.
with Piccadilly Gallery, London, 2001.
with James Cummins Bookseller, New York, October 2004, from whom acquired by the late Barry Humphries.
Literature
R. Hart-Davies, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, p. 130, no. 1428.
| Artist: | Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Max Beerbohm (1872 - 1956) |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
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