Modern British & 20th Century Art - 29th November 2017

Lot 240

‡Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) H. G. Wells forseeing things Signed and titled Pencil and...

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £2000

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Description

‡Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)

H. G. Wells forseeing things

Signed and titled

Pencil and watercolour

29 x 20cm

Provenance:

The Spectator

Sotheby's, 11 Mar. 1992, Lot 39

W. S. Fine Art Ltd., Andrew Wyld, London (1018 SWS)

Literature:

The Spectator (supplement), 14 Feb. 1931

Rupert Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the cariacatures of Max Beerbohm, 1972, p.156, no. 1759

N. John Hall, Max Beerbohm Caricatures, 1997, p.64, plate 49