Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018
12 c ALICE CADDY. Babies in a Wave with a Catfish. Pen, ink, and watercolor on paper. 330x229 mm; 13x9 inches, on 16x10 1 / 4 -inch sheet. Signed in lower right image with notations in lower margin. Cornered to matte; framed. [1,200/1,800] 13 12 13 c HARRISON CADY. “Burgess Bedtime Stories.” Group of 6 illustrations published for the famous story series by Thornton W. Burgess, July-December 1955. Pen and ink with graphite on paper. Average size 178x152 mm; 7x6 inches. Signed, dated, and captioned lower margins. Each tipped to window mattes with copy of published story attached to versos. [1,200/1,800] “‘You better be careful where you walk’ said Mother Gray.” From Mother Gray’s Mistake, July 15 * “‘What are you doing here?’ squeaked Jerry angrily.”’From The New Arrivals, September 19 * But I did know what I was doing, mumbled Young Reddy.” From Sore But Wiser, October 17 * “The Young Fox was sure that Young Jimmy didn’t have a chance in the world.” From Young Reddy Finds Out, October 22 * “She repeated this, then flew over to a neighboring tree.” FromWhat was Mother Thinking Of? December 2 * “He made a beautiful high long jump right over the head of Mrs. Gray.” From True to His Name, December 21.
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