Lot Essay
A caricature of the actress, Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) and the playwright and writer, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950).
Details
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
The Babes in the Wood (G.B. Shaw's version of that tale)
signed and dated lower right Max July 1922, inscribed lower centre The Babes in the Wood/(G.B. Shaw's version of that tale)/, pencil and watercolour
12¼ x 7¾in. (31 x 19.7cm.)
The Babes in the Wood (G.B. Shaw's version of that tale)
signed and dated lower right Max July 1922, inscribed lower centre The Babes in the Wood/(G.B. Shaw's version of that tale)/, pencil and watercolour
12¼ x 7¾in. (31 x 19.7cm.)
Provenance
Messrs S.H. Benson Ltd.
Literature
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Sir Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no.1505