Salome on Settle
Date1906
Artist
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
(British draftsman, illustrator and writer, 1872–1898)
Illustration CitationA Portfolio of Aubrey Beardsley's drawings illustrating "Salome," by Oscar Wilde (John Lane: London, c. 1906)
MediumOffset lithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 8 13/16 × 6 3/16 in. (22.4 × 15.7 cm)
sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (33.8 × 26 cm)
sheet: 13 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (33.8 × 26 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2010
Object number2010-31.16
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThis is one of several designs prepared for the 1894 Bodley Head edition which were not included, although in this case the reason for expurgation is not entirely clear. Salomé’s normally svelte silhouette has here been expanded to Buddha-like proportion. She sits with her back to the reader holding a phallic object.
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
1906
