Wilde, Oscar. (1854–1900) "The secret of life is in art" - Autograph Quotation, signed in BrooklynAutograph signed quotation from the Irish writer and leader of the Aesthetic Movement, who has inscribed and signed "The secret of life is in art. Oscar Wilde Brooklyn Feb. '82" to an autograph album leaf, presented here handsomely matted together with a period halftone portrait photograph. Autograph quotation from Shakespeare's Hamlet ("A King of Shreds and Patches") in an unidentified hand to verso of album leaf, dated March 18, 1882. Mild toning