Aubrey Vincent Beardsley Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Aubrey Vincent Beardsley Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 06, 2025
Beardsley (Aubrey) Lysistrata, one of 100 numbered copies, loose plates in original yellow paper portfolio,[Germany], Privatdruck, 1905.
Est: £400 - £600
Beardsley (Aubrey) Lysistrata, one of 100 numbered copies, 8 loose plates, ?one a Beardsley forgery, original yellow paper portfolio, portfolio chipped and frayed at edges, lacking backstrip, covers and flaps detached, each plate 305 x 250mm., [Germany], Privatdruck, 1905. ⁂ Rare early edition of plates from Beardsley's fin-de-siècle erotic masterpiece, first published in 1896 in an edition of only 100 copies. We cannot trace another copy of this particular portfolio at auction. The plate 'Lysistrata defending the Acropolis' is not present, replaced by what is seemingly a Beardsley forgery.
Forum Auctions - UK
Feb. 22, 2025
AUBREY BEARDSLEY, THE PEACOCK SKIRT (BLUE), POSTER
Est: $125 - $150
Artist: Aubrey Beardsley, English (1872 - 1898) Title: The Peacock Skirt (Blue) Year: circa 1960 Medium: Poster Image Size: 24 x 19 inches Size: 26 x 20 in. (66.04 x 50.8 cm)
RoGallery
Feb. 22, 2025
AUBREY BEARDSLEY, THE DANCER'S REWARD, POSTER
Est: $125 - $150
Artist: Aubrey Beardsley, English (1872 - 1898) Title: The Dancer's Reward Medium: Poster Image Size: 22.5 x 16 inches Size: 30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.42 cm)
RoGallery
Feb. 20, 2025
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898). AVENUE THEATRE / A COMEDY OF SIGHS! 1894. 30x20 inches, 76¼x50¾ cm.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) AVENUE THEATRE / A COMEDY OF SIGHS! 1894. 30x20 inches, 76¼x50¾ cm. Condition B+: creases and abrasions in margins and image; small repaired tears at edges; repaired pin holes in corners. Mounted on Japan. Advertising a nightly double-feature of A Comedy of Sighs! by John Todhunter, and an original play - The Land of Heart's Desire, by W.B. Yeats. The same image was also used on the cover of the theatre's program. DFP-I 3, Reims 1347, Sponsel p. 157, Plakatkunst p. 35, MoMA 112.1968.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 20, 2025
Beardsley (Aubrey) & others. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, vol.1-11 only (of 13), 1894-96 & others, mostly duplicates (29)
Est: £150 - £200
Beardsley (Aubrey) and others. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, vol.1-11 only (of 13), plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, Laurence Housman, Walter Crane, Max Beerbohm and others, some foxing and spotting, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black, spines worn and browned, 8vo, London, Boston and New York, 1894-96; and 18 others, duplicates and 2 copies of 'The Yellow Book: A Selection', 4to (29)
Forum Auctions - UK
Feb. 13, 2025
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898). Self-portrait. watercolour and bodyco
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898). Self-portrait. watercolour and bodycolour painted over a photograph of Beardsley taken by Frederick Hollyer3 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (10 x 14.5 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Cabinet photograph signed ('Aubrey Beardsley
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Cabinet photograph signed ('Aubrey Beardsley') and inscribed to André....
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). The Story Of Venus And Tannha¨user in which
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). The Story Of Venus And Tannha¨user in which is set forth an exact account of....
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Ben Johnson. His Volpone: or The Fox. A new
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Ben Johnson. His Volpone: or The Fox. A new edition, with a critical essay....
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey, (1872-1898). A Book of Fifty Drawings by Aubrey Beardsle
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey, (1872-1898). A Book of Fifty Drawings by Aubrey Beardsley. With an iconography by Aymer....
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
MALORY, Sir Thomas (c.1415-1471) — Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-1898, illustrator
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
MALORY, Sir Thomas (c.1415-1471) — Aubrey BEARDSLEY (1872-1898, illustrator). Le Morte Darthur. The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble....
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Three autograph letters signed (two with ini
Est: £5,000 - £8,000
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Three autograph letters signed (two with initials, 'A.' and 'A.B.', one in full....
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Autograph letter signed ('Aubrey Beardsley')
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). Autograph letter signed ('Aubrey Beardsley') to [John Lane], 114 Cambridge....
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898). Design for The Yellow Book, vol. 1. D
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898). Design for The Yellow Book, vol. 1. Design for the back cover. pen and black ink, heightened with touches of bodycolour on paper10 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (25.5 x 22 cm.).
Christie's
Feb. 13, 2025
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, V
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (1872-1898). The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, Volume 1. Elkin Mathews &....
Christie's
Feb. 11, 2025
WILDE, Oscar. BEARDSLEY, Aubrey.
Est: €1,200 - €1,800
[BEARDSLEY].– WILDE (Oscar) Londres et Boston,, Mathews & Lane et Copeland & Day,, 1894.. Salome. A tragedy in one act. In-8 (20,8 × 14,9 cm), cartonnage de l’éditeur en toile bleue, motifs dorés au centre des plats. Première édition anglaise. Édition ornée de 12 compositions d’Aubrey Beardsley en noir, dont 10 à pleine-page, 2 encadrements et un cul-de-lampe. Tirage limité à 500 exemplaires pour l’Angleterre. Catalogue de l’éditeur du mois de janvier 1894 relié en fin d’ouvrage. Infimes rousseurs, dos légèrement insolé.
Artcurial
Jan. 31, 2025
Ex-libris of Olive Custance, circa 1897
Est: €60 - €80
Ex-libris of Olive Custance, by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), circa 1897 depicting an Edwardian woman in profile, seated in a theatre box, with an ornate hat topped with flowers and feathers, engraving on Japanese paper, with a pencil inscription « Proof on Japanese Paper », with the initials A.B. lower left 6, 4 x 8, 8 cm; 2 5/8 x 3 ½ in
Sotheby's
Jan. 30, 2025
Aubrey Beardsley (Illustrator and Author 1872-1898). The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane, 1899). The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane 1901). In worn beige buckram covered boards, plates loose in decayed gutta...
Est: £100 - £200
Aubrey Beardsley (Illustrator and Author 1872-1898). The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane, 1899). The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane 1901). In worn beige buckram covered boards, plates loose in decayed gutta percha bindings. The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane, 1912). The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane 1912). In worn dark blue cloth covered boards, spines faded, some damage to bottom edges of spines. The Early Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane, 1912). The Later Work of Aubrey Beardsley (London, John Lane 1912). In dark blue cloth covered boards, bottom edge of both spines damaged, back board of second vol. damp stained (6)
Mallams
Dec. 12, 2024
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) Three Large Lilies.
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) Three Large Lilies. Ornamental device for Book X, chapter XLII, page 536 of "Le Morte d'Arthur" (London: J. M. Dent, 1893-94). Pen and ink on paper. 75x70mm; 2⅞x2⅝ inches. Inlaid to size on 9⅞x7½-inch sheet with hand-drawn borders, "536" in pencil on verso. [1893].
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 12, 2024
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) Woman with elaborate headdress.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) Woman with elaborate headdress. Unpublished original drawing from the Collection of Oscar Wilde. Pen and ink on paper. 160x130 mm; 6¼x5⅛ inches on 10x7⅞-inch sheet. Unsigned. Enclosed in full red levant solander case, 11¾x9½ inches. Includes typewritten description that reads "This drawing comes from the collection of Oscar Wilde, who was a friend of the artist, and whose 'Salome' was illustrated by Beardsley. This drawing, which is very characteristic, shows a woman with an elaborate head-dress, with large white feathrers rising from her hair. Her nude body issues from a voluminous black robe, and the figure is framed by curtains on upper left and right. Additional interest attaches to the drawing by reason of its never having been published."
Swann Auction Galleries
Nov. 14, 2024
Aubrey Beardsley, Three Stylized Clematis Flowers
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Aubrey Beardsley Three Stylized Clematis Flowers 1893 pen and ink on paper 3.625 h x 2.625 w in (9 x 7 cm) Provenance: J.M. Dent | Collection of Erhard Weyhe | Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1998 | Collection of Jack G. Milne | Swann Galleries, New York, Illustration Art, 29 September 2016, Lot 5 | Private Collection | Swann Galleries, New York, Illustration Art, 15 December 2022, Lot 9 | Private Collection Literature: Aubrey Beardsley: A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. I, Zatlin, No. 472 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Nov. 12, 2024
Aubrey Beardsley, The Yellow Book
Est: $2,000 - $2,600
Aubrey Beardsley The Yellow Book 1894 25.25 h x 8.75 w in (64 x 22 cm) Originally used to advertise a line of children's books, here Beardsley's design announces the January 1895 issue of The Yellow Book. Brian Reade notes: "Such winged chairs were known as grandfather's chairs, and Beardsley may have intended to represent a grandmother sitting in an appropriate chair and reading to her grandchildren from one of the books... The gown with its leg-of-mutton sleeves is of the Nineties, but the feather is in the mode of the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Instead of age and maturity therefore Beardsley has formulated a disturbing sensuality in the features of the woman. This was the kind of negligent irony which repelled so many of his own generation" (Beardsley, p. 343). During his short life, Beardsley's principal works were black-and-white illustrations, primarily for books and magazines. Additionally, he created several posters of great artistic merit. Geo. H. Walker, Boston Literature: DFP-I, 9 (var); Beardsley, 335 (var); PAI-XCII, 132 This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 30, 2024
Pictures & Prints - Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), after, five Aesthetic Movement prints, unsigned, the largest 30.5cm x 20.5cm, c. 1910 (5)
Est: £20 - £30
Pictures & Prints - Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), after, five Aesthetic Movement prints, unsigned, the largest 30.5cm x 20.5cm, c. 1910 (5)
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Oct. 10, 2024
AUBREY BEARDSLEY, SALOME (BORDER DESIGN WITH DEVIL), LITHOGRAPH
Est: $300 - $350
Artist: Aubrey Beardsley, English (1872 - 1898) Title: Salome (Border Design with Devil) Year: 1893 Medium: Lithograph Image Size: 8.75 x 6.5 inches, Size: 10 x 7.5 in. (25.4 x 19.05 cm) Frame Size: 17.5 x 14.5 inches
RoGallery
Oct. 10, 2024
Pictures & Prints - Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), after, five Aesthetic Movement prints, unsigned, the largest 30.5cm x 20.5cm, c. 1910 (5)
Est: £30 - £50
Pictures & Prints - Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), after, five Aesthetic Movement prints, unsigned, the largest 30.5cm x 20.5cm, c. 1910 (5)
Bamfords Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Sep. 28, 2024
ART NOUVEAU EX LIBRIS PRINT BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Est: $100 - $150
Bookplate by Aubrey Beardsley, 1872 to 1898, an English illustrator of the Art Nouveau era. The print depicts a Rococo-style erotic garden scene, a nude woman taking a book from a tray held by a servant. Dated 1896. Signed by the artist with initials in the lower left. Owners name, Irving Cohn, above. Cardboard mat. Graphic Art Prints, Ex Libris, Antiquarian Librarian Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Aug. 09, 2024
Aubrey Beardsley Print John the Baptist and Salome
Est: $100 - $200
"John the Baptist and Salome" after Aubrey Beardsley reverse screen print on glass MCM style wall art in gold tone metal frame measuring approx. 20.25" W x 27.25" H x 1.5" D. Black ink has some craquelure present.
Keystone Auctions LLC
Jul. 27, 2024
ART NOUVEAU EX LIBRIS PRINT BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Est: $100 - $150
Bookplate by Aubrey Beardsley, 1872 to 1898, an English illustrator of the Art Nouveau era. The print depicts a Rococo-style erotic garden scene, a nude woman taking a book from a tray held by a servant. Dated 1896. Signed by the artist with initials in the lower left. Owners name, Irving Cohn, above. Cardboard mat. Graphic Art Prints, Ex Libris, Antiquarian Librarian Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Jul. 11, 2024
The Savoy. 1896.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ARTIST: AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) SIZE: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 in./17.5 x 23.5 cm PRINTER: Leonard Smithers, London DESCRIPTION: The Savoy was a literary magazine venture of Leonard Smithers, a publisher of erotica who used Beardsley’s service as illustrator several times. This publication was short-lived, lasting only one year, and Beardsley did the lion’s share of the graphics for it. All eight numbers were later offered in three bound volumes, and this is the “posterette” (Beardsley’s word) for it, prepared from the black and white cover design for the last issue. (Art Nouveau; Literary)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Jun. 27, 2024
THE LYSISTRATA OF ARISTOPHANES. ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE DRAWINGS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 1967 FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 1896, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. THIS IS COPY NO. 297. 30 CM TALL. HARDCOVER BINDING AND WITH ORIGINAL BOX.
Est: $40 - $100
THE LYSISTRATA OF ARISTOPHANES. ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT FULL-PAGE DRAWINGS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 1967 FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 1896, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES. THIS IS COPY NO. 297. 30 CM TALL. HARDCOVER BINDING AND WITH ORIGINAL BOX.
Albion Antique Auction Centre
Jun. 08, 2024
Beardsley, Aubrey - Karikatur einer Dame, Original…
Est: €80 - €240
Beardsley, Aubrey - Karikatur einer Dame, Original-Lithografie aus "The Yellow Book", Ende 19.Jh., mit PP unter Glas gerahmt, PP-Ausschnitt ca.17x24cm, Gesamtmaße ca.52,5x40,5cm, nicht ausgerahmt
Auktionshaus Blank
Jun. 04, 2024
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (BRITISH, 1872-1898) Arbuscula pencil, pen and bla
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (BRITISH, 1872-1898) Arbuscula pencil, pen and black ink with black and wash on paper 5 3⁄8 x 4 1⁄8 in. (13.7 x 10.5 cm.); and with a slight subsidary sketch (on the reverse)
Christie's
May. 08, 2024
Aubrey Beardsley - The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser
Est: $40 - $70
Aubrey Beardsley - The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser Title: The Story of Venus and Tannhäuser Author: Aubrey Beardsley Publisher: Award Books Year Printed: 1967 Binding: Paperback Condition: Fair Comments: As this is a vintage book, there is damage to the spine, to the front cover and the back cover of the book. There is also staining to the pages.
Intervendue
Apr. 18, 2024
Beardsley (Aubrey) Under the Hill, second edition, 1913 & others, modern illustrated and illustrators (c.90)
Est: £250 - £350
Beardsley (Aubrey) Under the Hill, second edition, illustrated by Beardsley, original decorated green cloth, gilt, 1913 § Whistler (Laurence) !Oho!, first edition, illustrated by Rex Whistler, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and marked, 1946 § Powers (Alan) The English Tivoli, number 19 of 50 copies, 16 colour lithographs by Powers all numbered & signed in pencil, loose as issued in original cloth drop-back box, printed at the Curwen Studio, 1988 Wright (Harold J.L.) & Campbell Dodgson. The Etched Work of F.L.Griggs, one of 400 copies, original cloth, wrapper, 1941 § Reade (Brian) Victoria & Albert Museum: Ballet Designs and Illustrations 1581-1940, original cloth, 1967 § Russell (Judith, editor) The Wood-Engravings of Gertrude Hermes, original cloth, dust-jacket, Aldershot, 1993, plates and illustrations, a few colour; and c.85 others, modern illustrated and illustrators including some King Penguins, many pamphlet, v.s. (c.90)
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 21, 2024
Beardsley (Aubrey) and others.. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol., London, Boston and New York, 1894-97
Est: £600 - £800
Beardsley (Aubrey) and others. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol., plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, Laurence Housman, Walter Crane, Max Beerbohm and others, tissue-guards, some spotting and foxing, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black, slight bumping and soiling but generally a very bright and attractive set, 8vo, London, Boston and New York, 1894-97.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 09, 2024
AUBREY BEARDSLEY SALOME PRINTS BY LAMBERT STUDIOS
Est: $100 - $150
A set of 6 hand silk screened with oil paint prints from Oscar Wildes Salome by Aubrey Beardsley, United Kingdom, France, 1872 to 1898. Printed by The Lambert Studios. Loose prints portfolio for Salome by Oscar Wilde. Original publishers cover. A leading figure in the fin-de-siecle, Beardsley was an English illustrator, famed for his masterly use of black and white to produce highly ornamental and rhythmic drawings printed in publications worldwide. European Art Nouveau Art Collectibles, Graphic Art Prints And Multiples For Wall Decor.
Antique Arena Inc
Mar. 03, 2024
The Yellow Book / Copeland and Day. 1894.
Est: $2,000 - $2,500
ARTIST: AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) SIZE: 9 x 25 1/2 in./22.8 x 64.8 cm PRINTER: Geo. H. Walker, Boston DESCRIPTION: Originally used to advertise a line of children’s books, here Beardsley’s design announces the January 1895 issue of The Yellow Book. Brian Reade notes: “Such winged chairs were known as grandfather’s chairs, and Beardsley may have intended to represent a grandmother sitting in an appropriate chair and reading to her grandchildren from one of the books... The gown with its leg-of-mutton sleeves is of the Nineties, but the feather is in the mode of the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Instead of age and maturity therefore Beardsley has formulated a disturbing sensuality in the features of the woman. This was the kind of negligent irony which repelled so many of his own generation” (Beardsley, p. 343). During his short life, Beardsley’s principal works were black-and-white illustrations, primarily for books and magazines. Additionally, he created several posters of great artistic merit. (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Feb. 26, 2024
Aubrey Beardsley BOOK OF FIFTY DRAWINGS & Lynd Ward MADMANâ€™S DRUM
Est: $200 - $300
Aubrey Beardsley (British, 1872-1898). Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985}. First edition books: Aubrey Beardsley, A Second Book of Fifty Drawings and Lynd Ward, Madmanâ€™s Drum. 1) Aubrey Beardsley A Second Book of Fifty Drawings. Fifty plates. Publisher: London: Leonard Smithers and Co, London, 1899. Hardcover 1st Edition, Limited. Publishers red cloth, stamped in gilt. One of 1000 copies printed on Art Paper and 50 copies on Japanese Vellum. Dimensions: 11.42 in. x 8.86 in. (29 cm x 22.5 cm.) 2) Lynd Ward (1905-1985. Madmanâ€™s Drum A Novel in Woodcuts, 1930. A Wordless Novel. Illustrated throughout with 128 woodcut prints. The story follows a slave trader who steals a cursed drum. Hardcover 1st edition with black and white paper boards, black cloth spine with paper label. Publisher: New York: Jonathan Cape, 1930. Dimensions: 8 3/8 in. x 5 7/8 in. Condition: both books are in good original pre-owned estate condition, binding tight, clean interior, great graphics, plates clean, exterior board handling noted. Provenance: Private Estate.
Kensington Estate Auctions
Feb. 15, 2024
[Beardsley (Aubrey) & others]. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol. [all published], 1894-97.
Est: £750 - £1,000
[Beardsley (Aubrey) & others]. The Yellow Book: An Illustrated Quarterly, 13 vol. [all published], plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, Laurence Housman, Walter Crane, Max Beerbohm and others, tissue-guards, ink ownership name to pastedowns, some spotting and foxing, occasional cracking at gutter, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial yellow cloth blocked in black, spines lightly faded or browned with a few small chips to ends, some light surface soiling, little rubbed, still very good and bright set overall, small 4to, 1894-97. *** With literary contributions by Henry James, Edmund Gosse, Kenneth Grahame, William Butler Yeats, HG Wells, and others.
Forum Auctions - UK
Jan. 29, 2024
AUBREY BEARDSLEY (United Kingdom/France, 1872-1898), "Salome" series portfolio., 18" x 13.5".
Est: $100 - $200
AUBREY BEARDSLEY United Kingdom/France, 1872-1898 "Salome" series portfolio. Includes five lithographs and the printed lithograph cover.
Eldred's
Dec. 15, 2023
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) Autograph letter signed (‘Aubrey Beardsley’) t
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) Autograph letter signed (‘Aubrey Beardsley’) to [E.J.] Marshall,...
Christie's
Dec. 05, 2023
Aubrey Beardsley, Two Prints
Est: $100 - $200
After Aubrey Beardsley (English, 1872-1898), 20th century Art Nouveau lithograph on paper, 1) "Mask of Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe, depicting a group of revelers, a female figure at center, horns protruding from her head, 13" x 8 1/2" image size, 18" x 14" sheet size; and 2) "The Stomach Dance" from "Salome" by Oscar Wilde, depicting a woman dancing to the song of a devilish figure in the corner, 13" x 9 1/2" image size, 18" x 14" sheet size.
Old Kinderhook Auction Company
Nov. 25, 2023
Aubrey Beardsley - Die Geschichte von Venus und Tannhäuser
Est: €120 - €180
in die verwebt ist eine ausführliche Schilderung der Sitten am Hofe der Frau Venus […] und die Abenteuer Tannhäusers daselbst. Von Aubrey Beardsley. Ohne Ort und Jahr [München 1920 oder 1926]. Mit Frontispiz, Titelbordüre und sieben blattgroßen Illustrationen. Roter Halblederband mit Rücken- und Kopfschnittvergoldung (signiert: Knorr & Hirth, München). Exemplar 90 von 350. – Privatdruck »für die Freunde Beardsleys wurde dieses Werkchen von Gracian [Curt Moreck] übertragen« (Druckvermerk, dort die faksimilierte Unterschrift Beardsleys). – Auf gräulichem Bütten. – Lasner datiert diese klandestine Ausgabe auf 1920, Hayn/Gotendorf auf 1926. 18 : 11,5 cm. 68, [4] Seiten. – Gelenke leicht berieben. Hayn/Gotendorf IX, 571. – Lasner 151 B [Keywords: ; Erotic Books and Graphic from 1890 to 1930 ]
Christian Hesse Auktionen
Nov. 25, 2023
Aubrey Beardsley. Die Geschichte von Venus und Tannhäuser,
Est: €260 - €400
worein gewebt ist eine genaue Beschreibung der Sitten am Hofstaate der Frau Venus […] woran die Abenteuer Tannhäusers daselbst […] geschlossen sind. Eine romantische Novelle. München, Hans von Weber [1909]. Flexibler Originalpergamentband mit grün-goldener Lederintarsie und Kopfgoldschnitt (Carl Sonntag jun., Leipzig). Erste deutsche Ausgabe. – Exemplar 67 von 246 »für einen privaten Kreis von Subskribenten« (Druckvermerk). – »In entzückender Ausstattung hergestellt« (Hayn/Gotendorf): Gedruckt in Braun, Rot und Grau auf Bütten, von Carl Sonntag handgebunden. – Auch die Originalausgabe von Beardsleys unvollendeter einziger Prosaarbeit erschien in ebenso kleiner Auflage als Privatdruck in London. 24,4 : 18,5 cm. [16], 64, [4] Seiten. Lasner 151 A. – Hayn/Gotendorf VII, 527 f [Keywords: ; Erotic Books and Graphic from 1890 to 1930 ]
Christian Hesse Auktionen
Nov. 25, 2023
Aubrey Beardsley. The Lysistrata of Aristophanes.
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
Acht Lichtdrucke nach Zeichnungen. 1925/29. 25 : 17 cm (35,5 : 26 cm). Sieben in der Platte signiert. Wohl nur in sehr kleiner Auflage in London bei Philip Sainsbury erschienen. – Lichtdrucke (Collotypes) auf schwerem Bütten mit dem Wasserzeichen »AB«, den Initialen des Künstlers. – Beardsleys Zeichnungen – teils elegant, teils gewagt – entstanden 1896 und wurden, als Strichätzungen reproduziert, sogleich mit der englischen Übersetzung des Textes von Leonhard Smithers als Privatdruck herausgegeben. – Die hier vorliegenden Lichtdrucke entstanden nach den sieben Zeichnungen im Besitz von Herbert Politts und derjenigen, die Herbert Horne gehörte und später bei einem Brand vernichtet wurde. Brian Reade betont in seiner Beardsley-Bibliographie, dass die ungerasterten Lichtdrucke die Zeichnungen noch exakter wiedergäben als alle bis dahin vorliegenden Drucke. – Lasner datiert die Mappe auf 1929 und erwähnt eine Einleitung von R. A. Walker, die aber der Mappe schlussendlich nicht beigefügt worden sei. – Die Lichtdrucke in hellgrauen Büttenpassepartouts, diese in Leinenmappe. – Tadellos erhalten, sehr selten, kein Exemplar bei rarebookhub.com. Reade 460–467. – Lasner 107 D [Keywords: ; Erotic Books and Graphic from 1890 to 1930 ]
Christian Hesse Auktionen
Nov. 25, 2023
Aubrey Beardsley - Aristophanes. Lysistrata.
Est: €260 - €400
Ein Lustspiel in fünf Akten. Mit neun Zeichnungen von Aubrey Beardsley. [Berlin, Hyperion 1919]. Mit neun [!] Tafeln. Halblederband der Zeit mit Marmorpapierbezug und Rückenschild. Exemplar 8 von 200. – Auf Zanders-Bütten. – Druck der Tafeln und Personen in Rot. – Enthält eine in den meisten Ausgaben nicht vertretene neunte Zeichnung (Adoration of the Penis), die allerdings nicht von Beardsley stammt. – Die Neuübersetzung stammt von Johannes Minckwitz. – Hayn/Gotendorf (Band I, 118) bemerkt zur Erstausgabe: »Die starke Erotik der Abbildungen übertrifft noch die Komödie an zügelloser Derbheit.« Stern/Szana erwähnt, dass Beardsley »seinem Tode nahe, von dem Gedanken an seine erotische Kunstsünde viel geplagt« worden sei. – Hayn/Gotendorfs Zuschreibung »Hyperion 1919« scheint uns zweifelhaft, da Goebels Verlagsbibliographie nur die Übersetzung von Borheck verzeichnet. Das einzige via KVK ermittelte Exemplar (Staatsbibliothek Berlin 1 B 20258) wird dort ohne Verlagsangabe mit ca. 1905 datiert, was der berühmten Wiener Ausgabe entspräche. Lasner erwähnt auch bei dem Wiener Druck, dass einige Beschreibungen neun Tafeln zählen. 33 : 22,5 cm. 94, [4] Seiten, 9 Tafeln. – Unterränder vereinzelt minimal stockfleckig. Hayn/Gotendorf IX, 23. – Vgl. Lasner 107 A Notes und Goebel 998 [Keywords: ; Erotic Books and Graphic from 1890 to 1930 ]
Christian Hesse Auktionen
Nov. 12, 2023
The Yellow Book / Copeland and Day. 1894.
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
ARTIST: AUBREY BEARDSLEY (1872-1898) SIZE: 9 x 25 1/2 in./22.8 x 64.8 cm PRINTER: Geo. H. Walker, Boston DESCRIPTION: Originally used to advertise a line of children’s books, here Beardsley’s design announces the January 1895 issue of The Yellow Book. Brian Reade notes: “Such winged chairs were known as grandfather’s chairs, and Beardsley may have intended to represent a grandmother sitting in an appropriate chair and reading to her grandchildren from one of the books... The gown with its leg-of-mutton sleeves is of the Nineties, but the feather is in the mode of the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. Instead of age and maturity therefore Beardsley has formulated a disturbing sensuality in the features of the woman. This was the kind of negligent irony which repelled so many of his own generation” (Beardsley, p. 343). During his short life, Beardsley’s principal works were black-and-white illustrations, primarily for books and magazines. Additionally, he created several posters of great artistic merit. (Art Nouveau; Literary; American)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Nov. 04, 2023
AUBREY BEARDSLEY, THE ASCENSCION OF ST. ROSE OF LIMA, POSTER
Est: $200 - $300
Artist: Aubrey Beardsley, English (1872 - 1898) Title: The Ascenscion of St. Rose of Lima Medium: Poster Image Size: 22 x 15.5 inches Size: 30 x 23 in. (76.2 x 58.42 cm)
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