Lot Essay
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), the poet and playwright, was the subject of eighteen caricatures by the artist
Details
Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
Oscar Wilde
signed, dated and inscribed upper left For Marie/a memory of/O.W. as he/was in/1893-1894/Max 1922, pencil, pen and brown ink on grey paper 7¾ x 7¾in. (20 x 20cm.)
Oscar Wilde
signed, dated and inscribed upper left For Marie/a memory of/O.W. as he/was in/1893-1894/Max 1922, pencil, pen and brown ink on grey paper 7¾ x 7¾in. (20 x 20cm.)
Provenance
Marie Beerbohm
Mrs Longstaff
Sir Anthony Hooper Bart
Mrs Longstaff
Sir Anthony Hooper Bart
Literature
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no.1785
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Sir Max Beerbohm, May 1952