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Beerbohm, Max
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Beerbohm, Max
- "The Patron"
- PENCIL AND WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER
280 by 330mm., pencil and watercolour drawing, lengthy captions by Beerbohm, signed and dated lower right "Max 1920", mounted, framed and glazed, minor spotting at right edge
Provenance
The Leicester Galleries, May 1921 (exhibition labels); John Byers; Sotheby's Sussex, 10 October 1995, lot 1206; Abbot & Holder (exhibition labels)
Exhibited
Leicester Galleries, Beerbohm Exhibition, May 1921
Literature
Hart-Davis 1991
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Reproduced within the artist's A Survey (published 1921), Beerbohm forecasts the Labour Party's attitude towards poetry.
Beerbohm dedicates the drawing "with all possible sympathy and good-will... to those of our young poets who, not knowing very much... about politics and the deplorable part which human nature plays in politics, imagine that under the domination of LABOUR the Liberal arts might have a decent chance."
The minister of education is shouting at a pale and ghostly poet: "Wot? You'll dedicate your mon-you-mental translation of Pett Rark's sonnits to me if I'll get you our-door relief for six months? Oh, really! And you say you're one o' the Workers yourself?? Worker? Blackmailer - that's what you are! Outside!"