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FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG WATERCOLOR FOR "PETER RABBIT" 1931

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1940   item# 954078

FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG WATERCOLOR FOR "PETER RABBIT" 1931
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AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY FERN BISEL PEAT FOR "PETER RABBIT". 1931. On artist's board measuring 10 3/4 inches in height by 7 3/4 inches in width. A highly finished preliminary watercolor by Fern Bisel Peat for Beatrix Potter's book "THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT" published in 1931 by The Harter Publishing Company. The watercolor depicts PETER RABBIT tucked up in bed under a colorful quilted bed cover. The finished version was reproduced on page (15) of the book (see enlarg ...click for details


FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG WATERCOLOR FOR "PETER RABBIT" 1931

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1940   item# 954076

FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG WATERCOLOR FOR "PETER RABBIT" 1931
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AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY FERN BISEL PEAT FOR BEATRIX POTTER'S "PETER RABBIT". 1931. On artist's board measuring 10 3/4 inches in height by 7 3/4 inches in width. A highly finished preliminary watercolor by Fern Bisel Peat for the book "THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT" published by the HARTER PUBLISHING COMPANY in 1931. The watercolor depicts Peter Rabbit squeezing under a gate. The final finished version is reproduced on page (5) of the book and is captioned "Peter sq ...click for details


FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG. WATERCOLOR FOR "HANSEL & GRETEL".

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1940   item# 954061

FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG. WATERCOLOR FOR "HANSEL & GRETEL".
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Doris Frohnsdorff
301-869-1256


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AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY FERN BISEL PEAT FOR "HANSEL & GRETEL". 1931. On artist's board measuring 10 3/4 inches in height by 7 3/4 inches in width. A HIGHLY FINISHED PRELIMINARY WATERCOLOR BY PEAT for the book which was copyrighted by the Harter Publication Company in 1931. The final version of the illustration was reproduced on page (5) of the book and is captioned: "Don't cry, Gretel, we will find our way home". The watercolor depicts Gretel seated by a tree an ...click for details


FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG. WATERCOLOR FOR "HANSEL & GRETEL"

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1940   item# 954051

FERN BISEL PEAT ORIG. WATERCOLOR FOR "HANSEL & GRETEL"
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Doris Frohnsdorff
301-869-1256


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AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY FERN BISEL PEAT FOR "HANSEL & GRETEL". 1931. On artist's board measuring 10 3/4 inches in height by 7 3/4 inches in width. A highly finished preliminary watercolor for the COVER DESIGN of the book "Hansel & Gretel" which was copyrighted in 1931 by the Harter Publishing Company. The watercolor depicts Gretel asleep in the forest with Hansel awake at her side. Unsigned but guaranteed authentic Peat original. Sold together with a later editi ...click for details


ORIGINAL BY NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT. SCROOBIOUS PIP.

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1970   item# 952162

ORIGINAL BY  NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT. SCROOBIOUS PIP.
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ORIGINAL BRUSH & COLOR INK DRAWING BY NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT FOR EDWARD LEAR'S "THE SCROOBIOUS PIP" - TOGETHER WITH A FIRST EDITION COPY OF THE BOOK. 1968. Item 1.) BOOK. Edward Lear's THE SCROOBIOUS PIP. Completed by Ogden Nash. ILLUSTRATED BY NANCY EKHOLM BURKERT. New York: Harper & Row, (1968). 4to. Bound in full cloth with original dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Line drawings and full color illustrations in brush and inks by Burkert. FIRST EDITION (see enlargemen ...click for details


EDMUND DULAC ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR "SOPHIE THE CAT"C.1943

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1950   item# 944365

EDMUND DULAC ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR "SOPHIE THE CAT"C.1943
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$750.00 

EDMUND DULAC. ORIGINAL PENCIL & WATERCOLOR of "SOPHIE". Sketches of Edmund Dulac's cat, circa 1943. Illustrated in Colin White's book "EDMUND DULAC". (by) Colin White. New York: Charles Scribner's, (1976). The original is reproduced in black and white as PLATE 132. on page 180 of the book (see enlargements 11 & 12). The drawing image measures 6 inches by 5 inches and is in a larger mat measuring 12 inches by 14 3/4 inches. The drawing depicts two studies o ...click for details


RIP VAN WINKLE WATERCOLOR AFTER RACKHAM. 1923

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1930   item# 818954

RIP VAN WINKLE WATERCOLOR AFTER RACKHAM. 1923
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301-869-1256


$295.00 

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BOOK ILLUSTRATION ART FOR WASHINGTON IRVING'S "RIP VAN WINKLE". TITLED, SIGNED, AND DATED lower right by the artist "EJK". This fine watercolor has been copied from the original book illustration by ARTHUR RACKHAM for "Rip Van Winkle" which was published in 1905. An amazing copy of Rackham's work by this artist. It has been executed on fine watercolor paper and measures 7 1/4" x 5" in a larger acid-free mat measuring 12 1/2" ...click for details


DON FREEMAN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR MANUELO-PLAYING MANTIS

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1980   item# 815697

DON FREEMAN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR MANUELO-PLAYING MANTIS
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AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY DON FREEMAN (1908-1978) of MANUELO, THE PLAYING (sic) MANTIS. This original watercolor by Freeman depicts MANUELO who was originally created for a proposed book - "MANUELO AND HIS CELLO". Instead, a clever pun for "praying mantis" was used for the title and the book was published POSTHUMOUSLY as "MANUELO, THE PLAYING MANTIS" by Viking Press in 2003. SIGNED BY DON FREEMAN lower right. The watercolor is executed on artist's board and is m ...click for details


ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BOOK ILLUSTRATION ART BY PRIMROSE

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1960   item# 813264

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BOOK ILLUSTRATION ART BY PRIMROSE
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$950.00 

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BOOK ILLUSTRATION ART BY PRIMROSE MCPHERSON PASCHAL. Circa 1950s. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, in pencil - lower right. The pencil and watercolor illustration is executed on paper with mat image size measuring 11" x 8 1/4" and in a mat measuring 16" x 13". The watercolor depicts a girl with her hand outstretched to show two children an object that is in her hand. They are surrounded by a number of animals including - A CAT, TWO RABBITS, TWO SQUIRRELS, and TWO PAIR ...click for details


"PRIMROSE" ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S BOOK COVER ART

Catalogue: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1950   item# 813122

"PRIMROSE" ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S BOOK COVER ART
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$125.00 

AN ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S BOOK COVER DESIGN BY PRIMROSE MCPHERSON PASCHAL. Circa 1940s. SIGNED. Watercolor on paper featuring a delicate border design in pale green, rose and black with two vertical columns of pale pink roses. A double spread with a pencilled notation by the artist, lower right, "Cover Design". The left half has a mounted illustration of a head-and-shoulders watercolor on paper of a young girl in a fancy bonnet. SIGNED "P" lower right. This would have been t ...click for details

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