Lot 5
  • 5

Jessie Willcox Smith 1863 - 1935

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Jessie Willcox Smith
  • The Little Lame Prince
  • signed Jessie Willcox Smith, l.l.
  • mixed media on illustration board
  • 19 1/4 by 17 1/2 in.
  • (48.9 by 44.5 cm)
  • Executed circa 1923.

Provenance

Mrs. Wharton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (acquired directly from the artist)
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1955

Literature

Good Housekeeping, April 1923, illustrated in color on the cover and opposite p. 56
Nora Archibald Smith, Boys and Girls of Bookland, New York, 1923, illustrated in color on the cover and opposite p. 56
Edward D. Nudelman, Jessie Willcox Smith: A Bibliography, Gretna, Louisiana, 1989, illustrated in color twice p. 91

Condition

Very good condition. Under UV: one small spot of retouching to upper left corner, otherwise fine.
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