1928 Aubrey Beardsley: The Man and His Work

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First Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Limited to one hundred copies, of which this is number sixty-three. Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and eighteen plates, including eight extra illustrations for the limited edition. Collated complete. A detailed study on Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, an English illustrator and author who became a leading figure in the aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He significantly contributed to the development of the Art Nouveau and poster styles, and is considered one of the important Modern Style figures. Written by Haldane MacFall, a British Army officer who became an authoritative art critic, the author of several works of art history, an essayist and a novelist.