1943.644: Frontispiece Design; verso: Sketch of a Dress
DrawingsIn the center of this black ink drawing, a woman stands behind a counter, in between two pairs of neoclassical Corinthian-style columns. She is wearing a large, shoulder-less gown, and a ribbon tied in her curly hair. On the counter are exotic specimens, including a lamp and a pair of doves. Behind her, a window opens to a garden with a streaming fountain.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.644
- People
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Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, British (Brighton, England 1872 - 1898 Menton, France)
- Title
- Frontispiece Design; verso: Sketch of a Dress
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: The Story of Venus and Tannhauser
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1894
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/297813
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black ink and graphite on white wove paper; verso: black ink
- Dimensions
- 29.7 x 17.8 cm (11 11/16 x 7 in.)
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- Zatlin 942
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.644
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Joseph Pennell, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, exh. cat., Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY, 1923), no. 76
- Penley Knipe and Miriam Stewart, "Behind the 'Blot'" Technical Notes on the Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley, Master Drawings (Winter 2015), LIII, no. 4, pp. 523-530, p. 524, repr. p. 525 as figs. 4 and 5 (detail)
- Linda Gertner Zatlin, Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonné, Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2016), vol. 2, no. 942r, pp. 154-156, repr. p. 155 (recto); no. 942v, p. 156, repr. p. 156 (verso)
Exhibition History
- An Exhibition of Original Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley, Brooklyn Museum, 12/19/1923 - 01/31/1924; Milwaukee Art Institute, 10/01/1924 - 10/30/1924; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 11/01/1924 - 11/30/1924; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, 11/29/1924 - 12/31/1924
Verification Level
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