KARL, Karl Lagerfeld’s Estate V, Le Studio
KARL, Karl Lagerfeld’s Estate V, Le Studio
Aubrey Beardsley
Ex-libris of Olive Custance, circa 1897
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60 - 80 EUR
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Ex-libris of Olive Custance, by Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898), circa 1897
depicting an Edwardian woman in profile, seated in a theatre box, with an ornate hat topped with flowers and feathers, engraving on Japanese paper, with a pencil inscription « Proof on Japanese Paper », with the initials A.B. lower left
6, 4 x 8, 8 cm; 2 5/8 x 3 ½ in
Olive Custance (1874-1944) was a British poet who belonged to the aesthetic movement of the 1890s and contributed to the magazine The Yellow Book.
She quickly joined the London literary circle with Oscar Wilde, Aubrey Beardsley, Ernest Dowson and John Gray around 1890 at the age of 16.
She eloped with the poet Gray and began writing her first poems about him. She was greatly influenced by French poets such as Verlaine and Rimbaud and the decadent mood of the time. She was the wife of the English poet Alfred Douglas.
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872-1898), a British illustrator and printmaker often associated with the Art Nouveau movement, is renowned for his stylised, sinuous black-and-white illustrations, in which the influence of Japanese art is clearly visible.
An engraved copy of Olive Custance's bookplate can be found in the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (inventory number E.554-1899).
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