After the 4th Summer Auction
Lot 55:
Description
The "Dancer’s Reward" original 1894 illustration for Oscar Wilde’s play-Salome. Aubrey Vincent Beardsley 1872 – 1898) was an English illustrator and is one of the important British Art Nouveau style figures. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler. Dimensions: 22" x 16"
Condition: Very Good Condition, unframed, a few stains on the outside margin right side. Authenticated by Putnam’s of Claremont NH.
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