Design for Title Page

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

1872–1898

Design for Title Page, circa 1907

Where object was made: England, United Kingdom

Material/technique: vellum; line block (photomechanical relief print)

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 347 x 274 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 13 11/16 x 10 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund

Accession number: 1992.0006.03

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Exhibition Label: "Inspired by Japan," Mar-2003, Cori Sherman (Copy for #15) Although Aubrey Beardsley worked solely in pen drawing, most of his designs were specifically created to be translated into the multiple print form. His ability to form extremely austere, beautifully organized compositions by minimal means of arabesques and contour outlines found extraordinary expression in the seventeen drawings he executed for Oscar Wilde’s play Salome (performed London and New York, 1894). The stark black-and-white images drew immediate attention to the sexual and social allusions in his work, which often provoked outraged response.