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Sale 2574 | Lot 49
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Sale 2574 - Lot 49
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
FREDERICK RICHARDSON (1862-1937)
"Rapunzel let down her plaits and the witch climbed up." Illustration facing page 296 of "Rapunzel" published in Andrew Lang's The Red Fairy Book (Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1930). Pen, ink, and wash on paper. 343x230 mm; 13 1/2x9 inches, on 14 1/2x11 1/2-inch sheet. Initialed "FR" in lower right image. Hinged to board with matte and archivally framed. A photocopy of the story with a printed color plate taken from the book accompany the lot.
Provenance: Acquired by current owner from Jo Ann Reisler, Ltd., January 2005.
The published reproduction of the illustration was printed in full-color.
"Rapunzel let down her plaits and the witch climbed up." Illustration facing page 296 of "Rapunzel" published in Andrew Lang's The Red Fairy Book (Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1930). Pen, ink, and wash on paper. 343x230 mm; 13 1/2x9 inches, on 14 1/2x11 1/2-inch sheet. Initialed "FR" in lower right image. Hinged to board with matte and archivally framed. A photocopy of the story with a printed color plate taken from the book accompany the lot.
Provenance: Acquired by current owner from Jo Ann Reisler, Ltd., January 2005.
The published reproduction of the illustration was printed in full-color.
Condition:
Sheet is toned, especially within margins, with crease to lower right corner. Pin holes at all corners and in left and right margins at center. Area of loss to ink on witch's cape. Scattered texturing, including on witch's dress, under cloud at right, and next to windows on right. Small spot of discoloration on Rapunzel's hair under witch's elbow. Faint printer's indications in graphite within upper margin. Written in graphite on verso: "Rapunzel/Red Fairy Book" with inventory stamp at lower right. Hinged to board with matte; archivally framed.
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