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Shepard, E. H.
Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- pen and ink on paper
The Little Black Hen
3 1/4 by 4 in., pen and ink drawing, matted, glazed and framed (10 1/2 by 12 1/2 in.)
3 1/4 by 4 in., pen and ink drawing, matted, glazed and framed (10 1/2 by 12 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Exhibited: Brandywine River Museum, "Flights into Fantasy", September–November 2007; Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, "Flights into Fantasy", July–October 2008
Catalogue Note
This drawing of Christopher Robin and a black hen accompanies the poem 'The Little Black Hen' in A.A. Milne's Now We Are Six (Methuen, 1927). It is reproduced on page 62.
'I'm not a King
And I haven't a crown;
I climb up trees,
And I tumble down.
I can shut one eye,
I can count to ten,
So lay me an egg, please,
Little Black Hen.'