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SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)

Lot 165
13.02.2025 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 11 970
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ID 1362846
Lot 165 | SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)
Sketch of Leonard Smithers (1861-1907), bust-length, executed on a letter to the poet John Betjeman (1906-1984)
signed, extensively inscribed and dated 'September 1949 / Dear John Betjeman/Here - to the best of my recollection -/ is (what is his Christian name? I doubt/ whether he has one) Smithers. (A man without/ a tie might well have no Christian name.)/ Nevertheless, the letter from him that you/ sent to me is an eternal treasure - as/ is also the letter that you send with/ it - an honour very dear to me from such/ a one as you. Florence and I send/ all greeting to Mrs. John and to you. / Yours gratefully and / admiringly Max Beerbohm' (below the drawing)
pencil, watermark 'Royal Charter Bond' on wove paper
11 1/8 x 5 ½ in. (28 x 14 cm.)




Provenance

The artist, by whom given to,
Sir John Betjeman C.B.E. (1906-1984), and thence by descent to,
Candida Lycett Green (1942-2014), by whom bequeathed to the late Barry Humphries.



Literature

G. Sims, 'Leonard Smithers: A Publisher of the Nineties', in J. Lehmann (ed.), The London Magazine, September 1956, vol. III, no. 9, p.33.
R. Hart-Davies, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, p. 140, no. 1557.
S. Calloway and C. Corbeau-Parsons (eds.), Aubrey Beardsley, London, 2020, p. 109, no. 110, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Tate Britain and Paris, Musée D'Orsay, Aubrey Beardsley, 2020, no. 110.
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