ID 1362803
Lot 168 | SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
Portrait of Signor Gabriele d'Annunzio (1863-1938)
signed and dated 'Max / 1912' (lower right) and inscribed 'Signor Gabriele d'Annunzio' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour on paper
14 5/8 x 12 1/8 in. (37 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1912.
Provenance
with The Leicester Galleries, 1913.
Private Collection, USA.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 10 July 2012, lot 122, where acquired by the late Barry Humphries.
Literature
M. Beerbohm, Fifty Caricatures, New York, 1913, pl. 11.
R. Hart-Davies, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, p. 52, no. 400.
Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, An Exhibition of Cartoons by Max Beerbohm, 1913, no. 41.
| 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 |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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