BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Poster for The Savoy. London: by C.F. Kell for Leonard Smithers, c.1896. Lithograph in colours (233 x 172mm) on paper (c.300 x c.250mm). (Margins lightly yellowed.) Matted, framed and glazed (500 x 360mm; not examined outside of the frame). Provenance: sold, Sotheby's, part lot 227, 7 June 1990, to the present consignor).
The image is adapted from Beardsley's design for the cover of the last issue of The Savoy. Beardsley produced the lithograph by adding colour and background lines. The magazine's publisher, Leonard Smithers, was described by Oscar Wilde as 'the most learned erotomaniac in Europe'. Lasner 103b.
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Poster for The Savoy. London: by C.F. Kell for Leonard Smithers, c.1896. Lithograph in colours (233 x 172mm) on paper (c.300 x c.250mm). (Margins lightly yellowed.) Matted, framed and glazed (500 x 360mm; not examined outside of the frame). Provenance: sold, Sotheby's, part lot 227, 7 June 1990, to the present consignor).
The image is adapted from Beardsley's design for the cover of the last issue of The Savoy. Beardsley produced the lithograph by adding colour and background lines. The magazine's publisher, Leonard Smithers, was described by Oscar Wilde as 'the most learned erotomaniac in Europe'. Lasner 103b.
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