Study of a Sprite
Gift of Roger Kennedy, 1978
Catalogue
- Year
- 1917
- Medium
- Watercolor
- Dimensions
- sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27.6 x 21.3 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Max Beerbohm
Artist
Drawing
Max Beerbohm was a British caricaturist, essayist, and parodist whose ink and watercolor drawings distilled the mannerisms of his contemporaries into acerbic visual wit. Working primarily in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he developed a spare, economical line that captured psychological essence through exaggeration of feature and posture. His caricatures appeared regularly in periodicals and were collected in numerous volumes, establishing him as one of the defining voices of Edwardian satirical art. His work combined formal sophistication with sharp social observation, treating public figures and literary lions with equal irreverence.
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- Max Beerbohm
- Year
- 1917
- Medium
- Watercolor
- Dimensions
- sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. (27.6 x 21.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1917-155944
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified