Chris Beetles

Henry Tonks

Sir Max Beerbohm (1872-1956)

Price

£6,500

Signed

Signed and inscribed 'Mr Tonks'

Medium

Pencil and watercolour

Dimensions

12 ½ x 8 ¼ inches

Provenance

Piccadilly Gallery, London

Literature

Rupert Hart-Davis, A Catalogue of the Caricatures Of
Max Beerbohm, London: Macmillan, 1972, No 1661;
N JOHN HALL, MAX BEERBOHM CARICATURES,
NEW HAVEN & LONDON: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997,
PLATE 115

Exhibited

London Group, 1911;
The Illustrators: 1800-2008;
Portico Library and Gallery,
Manchester November 2008-January 2009

Pencil sketch of Winston Churchill on reverse.
In the sale of Thomas Geoffrey Blackwell on Friday, July 6th 1951 at Christie's two works were sold as a pair by Sir Max Beerbohm stated in the catalogue as Lot 4 P.Wilson Steer, Esq., O.M.; and Professor Henry Tonks - Pencil- 12 1/2 in. by 8 in. ---- (two)

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