The $180,000 Beardsley that hung in a Boston bathroom
FOUND hanging in a Boston bathroom, the whereabouts of this Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) illustration had been a mystery for more than 80 years. Entitled The Climax, and hanging in the lavatory alongside another Beardsley pen-and-ink drawing called A Platonic Lament, the owners had no idea of its significance.
Both were in fact original illustrations for Oscar Wilde's controversial play Salome: A Tragedy in O…