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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 279. Edmund Dulac | Molly Pitcher, 1938, signed by the artist.

Original illustrations from the collection of the late Colin White

Edmund Dulac | Molly Pitcher, 1938, signed by the artist

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseMargin Scheme

Lot Closed

July 11, 02:34 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Edmund Dulac


Molly Pitcher, 1938


332 x 307mm. (frame 534 x 487mm.), watercolour and gouache, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST TO LOWER RIGHT, mounted framed and glazed


Original watercolour illustration produced for the 1938 series of American Weekly covers, 'Fighting women', published 17th July 1938. Molly Pitcher was a hero of the American Revolution who at the battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, took the place of her wounded husband at the cannon. The other fighting women included in the series were: Penethesilea, Hyppolyte, Zenobia, Mu-Lan, Joan of Arc, and Thomysis (see lot 278).


PROVENANCE:

From the collection of the late Colin White


EXHIBITION:

Sheffield City Art Galleries, November 1982- May 1983, item no. 37


LITERATURE:

Reproduced American Weekly, 17th July 1938, cover artwork; Colin White, Edmund Dulac, 1976, p.162, 175; Edmund Dulac : illustrator and designer, 1882-1953 : a centenary exhibition, Sheffield: Sheffield City Art Galleries, 1982

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