Details
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898)
Self-portrait
signed and inscribed 'Max Beerbohm from Aubrey Beardsley'; 'Fredr Hollyer, 9 Pembroke Sqre, Kensington W' (on the reverse); with inscription 'Fred[e]r[ick] Hollyer/ 9 Pembroke Sq[ua]re/ Kensington W' (on the back of the card in red ink)
watercolour and bodycolour painted over a photograph of Beardsley taken by Frederick Hollyer
3 7⁄8 x 5 5⁄8 in. (10 x 14.5 cm.)
Provenance
Given by the artist to Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) (†); Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1960, possibly part of lot 2 or lot 250, where purchased by,
Alan Gradon Thomas (1911-1992) (†); Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1993, lot 266 (as Max Beerbohm).
with Simon Finch, London, 1995, from whom acquired by the late Barry Humphries.
Literature
B. Reade & F. Dickinson, Aubrey Beardsley: Exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum 1966: catalogue of the original drawings, letters, manuscripts, paintings; and of books, posters, photographs, documents etc., London, 1966, no. 600.
B. Reade, Aubrey Beardsley, London, 1967, p. 349, no. 379, pl. 331.
L.G. Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley. A catalogue raisonne, New Haven and London, 2016, p. 152, no. 939, illustrated.
S. Calloway and C. Corbeau-Parsons (eds.), Aubrey Beardsley, London, 2020, p. 111, no. 99.
Exhibited
London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Aubrey Beardsley, May-September 1966, no. 600.
London, Tate Britain, Aubrey Beardsley, March-May 2020 and Paris, Musée d'Orsay, June-September 2020, no. 99.
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