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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A PENCIL AND INK DRAWING ON PAPER
BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY, CIRCA 1896
An original design without lettering for a small poster advertising bound volumes of 'The Savoy', signed with initials lower left corner-- 11 5/8 x 9 3/8in. (29.5 x 23.8cm.)
This design without the thick vertical and horizontal bars of black was originally conceived for the first page of 'The Savoy', No. 8, December 1896
cf. This design is illustrated in Brian Reade, Aubrey Beardsley, The Viking Press, New York, 1967, catalogue no. 453
A PENCIL AND INK DRAWING ON PAPER
BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY, CIRCA 1896
An original design without lettering for a small poster advertising bound volumes of 'The Savoy', signed with initials lower left corner-- 11 5/8 x 9 3/8in. (29.5 x 23.8cm.)
This design without the thick vertical and horizontal bars of black was originally conceived for the first page of 'The Savoy', No. 8, December 1896
cf. This design is illustrated in Brian Reade, Aubrey Beardsley, The Viking Press, New York, 1967, catalogue no. 453
Provenance
James Coots