About This Artwork

Max Beerbohm
English, 1872-1956

Burning Incense to Whistler, 1892/1898

Pen and black ink, on cream laid paper laid down on cream board
313 x 196 mm
Gift of Walter S. Brewster, 1933.241

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Beloit, Wis., Wright Museum of Art, "Life Imitates Art, The Aesthetic Movement, 1890-1900," March 13, 1987-April 16, 1987.

Ownership History

Sold by Albert Roullier Gallery, Chicago, to Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954, Lugt Suppl., 2651 a-b), Chicago, April 20, 1928 [invoice]; given to the Art Institute, February 1933.