Lot Essay
see note to lot 178
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
Details
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
The Old and the Young Self; Lord Balfour
inscribed upper leftThe Old and the Young Self./Young Self (faintly): "Who are you? You look/rather like Uncle Salisbury, shaved. And what is/that curious thing you're holding? And won't you/catch cold with so little on? But don't answer: I/don't really care. And don't let me talk:/I don't fancy I've long to live; and/I want to devote time to/thinking - not that I suppose/my thoughts to be of much value, but - oh, do,/please, go/away.", pencil and watercolour
13 x 10½in. (33 x 26.7cm.)
The Old and the Young Self; Lord Balfour
inscribed upper leftThe Old and the Young Self./Young Self (faintly): "Who are you? You look/rather like Uncle Salisbury, shaved. And what is/that curious thing you're holding? And won't you/catch cold with so little on? But don't answer: I/don't really care. And don't let me talk:/I don't fancy I've long to live; and/I want to devote time to/thinking - not that I suppose/my thoughts to be of much value, but - oh, do,/please, go/away.", pencil and watercolour
13 x 10½in. (33 x 26.7cm.)
Literature
M. Beerbohm, Observations, London, 1925, frontispiece (illustrated in colour)
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no.78
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no.78
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Caricatures by Max Beerbohm, April-May 1925, no.22
London, Leicester Galleries, Max Beerbohm A Memorial Exhibition, June 1957, no.123
London, Leicester Galleries, Max Beerbohm A Memorial Exhibition, June 1957, no.123