Aubrey Beardsley

1894

Frederick H. Evans

Associated Names
Frederick H. Evans

Artist, British, 1853 - 1943

The image shows a close-up side profile of a person's face, focusing on the head, neck, and partial upper torso. The individual has their hands resting on their cheeks, with fingers spread along the jawline. The person has sharp features with a long nose and smooth skin, straight hair that ends above the ears with a neat fringe. They are dressed in a dark suit with a white shirt, the shirt cuffs visible. The background is dark, emphasizing the facial features and hand placement.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    platinum print mounted on three layers of paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 13 × 9.2 cm (5 1/8 × 3 5/8 in.)
    mount: 37.8 x 27.1 cm (14 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.29.19

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's, Belgravia, 8 March 1974, lot 184); Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • A Subtle Beauty: Platinum Photographs from the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2014 - 2015, unnumbered catalogue.

2015

  • In Light of the Past: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years of Collecting Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3 – July 26, 2015

Inscriptions

On mount, below photograph, blindstamp: FHE; in graphite: Aubrey Beardsley Frederick H. Evans; on verso, by later hand, upper left in graphite and ballpoint pen: 1895 / c. 1894 (crossed out); affixed label with ballpoint pen: Portrait of Aubrey Beardsley c. 1894

Wikidata ID

Q64147720

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