- 377
(Literary Portraits)
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- pen and ink on paper
Maugham, W. Somerset. Autograph quotation signed, inscribed below a pen-and-ink portrait of the of the author by Robert Kastor (signed "R. Kastor"), (approx 11 x 9 in.; 278 x 228 mm), n.p. [Paris?], n.d. (early 20th century). Matted, glazed and framed (not examined out of frame).
Catalogue Note
Somerset Maugham's inscription reads, "In the ordinary affairs of life stupidity is much more tiresome than wickedness. You can mend the vicious, but what in heaven's name can you do with the foolish?"