Gruelle, Johnny

"Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land"



20 by 12 7/8 in., watercolor and ink drawing, inscribed "Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land. By Johnny Gruelle." in yellow and orange watercolor, matted, glazed, and framed (29 1/4 by 22 in.)  



 

Exhibited: Chrysler Museum of Art, "Myth, Magic and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustrations, June - September 1996; Brooks Museum, Memphis, November 1996 - January 1997; Delaware Art Museum, February - April 1997. Brandywine River Museum, "Flights into Fantasy", September - November 2007; Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, "Flights into Fantasy", July - October 2008.  See Hearn et al, Myth, Magic and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children's Book Illustration, illus. p. 119

An unpublished cover design for Gruelle's Raggedy Ann in Cookie Land, which was published by P.F. Volland Co., Chicago in 1931.

Gruelle (1880–1938) is primarily known for creating the character  Raggedy Ann, which he first created by decorating a faceless rag doll for his daughter.  In 1915 he began to manufacture and sell Raggedy Ann dolls and in 1918 he published his first collection of Raggedy Ann stories.