An original pen and ink sketch about Sigmund Freud, by G.K. Chesterton c1910-20s

CHESTERTON, Gilbert Kieth (1874-1936). Original pen-and-ink sketch caricaturing Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis. [England, c. 1910-1920s].
 
Single sheet, approx. 240 x 260 mm, drawn in black ink with a sketch on both sides. Unbound, evidently removed from a notebook or sketchbook; vertical fold, light creasing, edges irregular where torn, a few small ink splashes consistent with working draft material. Very good.
 
An original sketch by G.K. Chesterton depicting a group of male figures in overcoats, one reclining and another standing in a pose suggestive of clinical examination, the scene apparently satirising psychoanalysis. Above the figures appears the handwritten caption: "What? - Problems in Psycho-Analysis," followed by a mock reference line ("No. 19678253. D. & B II. Sect CX."), parodying the academic apparatus of the discipline. The drawing is executed in Chesterton's characteristic loose, economical line. The lower margin bears a clear ink signature ("G. K. Chesterton"). A second, separate sketch appears on the reverse, also in pen and ink, indicating the sheet formed part of a working notebook rather than a finished presentation piece.
 
Chesterton was a prolific doodler and caricaturist, frequently sketching figures and scenes in the margins of manuscripts and notebooks. His well documented scepticism towards modern intellectual fashions, including Freudian psychoanalysis, is reflected here in visual form. Unpublished and unrecorded so a rarity.