ID 1363013
Lot 167 | SIR MAX BEERBOHM (1872-1956)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
Portrait of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
pen and black ink on paper
11 ¾ x 6 7/8 in. (30 x 17.5 cm.)
Provenance
with The Leicester Galleries, London, 1957.
Sir John Rothenstein (1901-1992), London, by 1972.
Literature
J. Rothenstein (ed.), Sixteen Letters from Oscar Wilde, London, 1930, p. 32. pl. 4.
R. Hart-Davies, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, p.158, no. 1790.
Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries, Sir Max Beerbohm A Memorial Exhibition, June 1957.
London, Barbican Art Galleries, The Wilde Years: Oscar Wilde and the Art of His Time, October 2000-January 2001, no. 26.
| 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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