A Night Piece

A Night Piece    is a beautiful original print on paper realized by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley.

Black and white lithograph. 

The artwork is the plate n. 27 from the portfolio  Erotiques de Beardsley.  Editions Les yeux ouverts 1970, Paris.  Exemplaire n°112 of an editon of 469.

The artwork includes copy of the portfolio cover. 

Original title: La nuit

Good conditions.

The artwork shows   a night scene in which a woman is depicted, full length in profile, in a dark coloured gown with a train, and large Edwardian hat.

The i llustration was realized for 'The Yellow Book' entitled 'A Night Piece'. Great Britain, 1894.   The Yellow Book  was a periodical published in London during the late 1800s. Edited by Aubrey Beardsley, the publication was a collection of short stories, poetry, artwork, and other artistic and literary works.  Editor Beardlsey was also a regular contributor of artwork to the book, and his drawings were intended to shock readers with their grotesque nature

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His drawings, executed in black ink and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A. McNeill Whistler. Beardsley's contribution to the development of the Art Nouveau style and the poster movement was significant, despite the brevity of his career before his early death from tuberculosis.

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