Alastair (Karlsruhe 1887-1969 Munich), pseudonym of Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt

The Peacock

circa 1910

gouache and ink on paper

30 x 23,6 cm

framed (framed dimensions 62,5 x 55,5 cm)

The Daulton Collection

Provenance: 

Victor Arwas Gallery, Editions Graphiques Ltd., London (label attached to the reverse of the frame).  Editions Graphiques Gallery was run by Victor Arwas (1937-2010), specializing in Art Deco and Art Nouveau works. 

The Estate of Jill and Michael Barrington, UK, purchased from the above in 1999 

Exhibition History:

"Beautiful Decadence," Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, 1997; Nara Sogo Museum of Art, Nara, 1998; The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, 1998 (label attached to the reverse of the frame).  The touring exhibition "Beautiful Decadence" featured the works of Alastair alongside Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Ricketts, Laurence Housman, Harry Clarke, Sidney Herbert Sime, Willy Pogany, and Arthur Rackham.

Publication History:

Beautiful Decadence (Tokyo, Japan: Commitee for "Aubrey Beardsley and His Contemporaries" Exhibition, 1997), exhibition catalogue (bilingual, Japanese and English), cat. no. 185, ill. at pg. 174.