$11,850
Aubrey Beardsley (British, 1872-1898) Chapter Heading, LXIV Of the Battle Between Sir Palomides and the Two Brethren, and How the Two Brethren Were Slain from Le Morte Darthur , 1892 Unsigned. Pen, brush, and India ink over graphite on paper, sheet size 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (8.3 x 7.0 cm), sandwiched between two sheets of Plexiglas. Condition: Subtle soiling/surface grime, not examined out of Plexiglas. Provenance: Collection of Mark Samuels Lasner, Delaware, then to a private East Coast collection. Exhibitions: Beautiful Decadence, The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan (as well as other venues), April 3-May 10, 1998, no. 11 (illus.) Literature: Gillon Jr., Edmund V. Beardsley's Illustrations for La Morte Darthur (New York; Dover Publications, Inc. 1972) pp. 80, 154.; Malory, Sir Thomas, The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvelous Enquests and Adventures, The Achieving of the San Greal, and in the End, Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of This World of Them All, (London: J.M. Dent, 1893-1894), pg 371. N.B. London publisher, J.M. Dent approached Aubrey Beardsley in 1892 to illustrate an edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur. Beardsley, at age 20 was an unknown insurance office clerk. Dent first came across Beardsley's work through photographer Frederick H. Evans, who owned a book shop Jones & Evans frequented by Beardsley. Beardsley was paid 250 pounds for his work for Le Morte Dar Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-09-11
