Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 8

Estimate: $ 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.