The Dancers Reward, plate XIV, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

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Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, The Dancers Reward, plate XIV
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, The Dancers Reward, plate XIV
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
The Dancers Reward, plate XIV
circa 1907
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, artist
1872–1898
The Dancers Reward, plate XIV, circa 1907
Portfolio/Series title: A portfolio of illustrations for "Salome" by Oscar Wilde
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: 1992.0006.15
Not on display
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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.