Lot Essay
Lord Balfour (1848-1930) was the British Prime Minister between 1902-1905. He was Gifford Lecturer at Glasgow University between 1913-1914 and 1922-1923.
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Lord Balfour, quoting from one of his Gifford Lectures
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Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)
Lord Balfour, quoting from one of his Gifford Lectures
signed 'Max' (lower right) and inscribed 'quoting from one of his Gifford Lectures-/Lord Balfour (whose turn it is to play): "If calculable probability be indeed common sense reduced to calculation, intuitive probability/lies deeper. It supports common sense, and it supplies the ultimate ground-be it secure or insecure-of" etcetera, etcetera.' (lower centre, in the margin)
pencil and watercolour
12¼ x 15 in. (31.1 x 38.1 cm.)
Lord Balfour, quoting from one of his Gifford Lectures
signed 'Max' (lower right) and inscribed 'quoting from one of his Gifford Lectures-/Lord Balfour (whose turn it is to play): "If calculable probability be indeed common sense reduced to calculation, intuitive probability/lies deeper. It supports common sense, and it supplies the ultimate ground-be it secure or insecure-of" etcetera, etcetera.' (lower centre, in the margin)
pencil and watercolour
12¼ x 15 in. (31.1 x 38.1 cm.)
Provenance
with the Leicester Galleries, London, 1925, where purchased by Ernest Makower.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 June 1998, lot 110, where purchased by the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 June 1998, lot 110, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
M. Beerbohm, Observations, London, 1925, illustrated opposite p. 10.
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no. 79.
R. Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures of Max Beerbohm, London, 1972, no. 79.
Exhibited
London, Leicester Galleries, Max Beerbohm, May 1925, no. 11.
Special notice
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