Lot 14
  • 14

Jessie Willcox Smith 1863 - 1935

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Jessie Willcox Smith
  • Jack and the Beanstalk
  • signed JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH (lower right)
  • mixed media on board
  • 26 5/8 by 17 5/16 inches
  • (67.6 by 44 cm)
  • Executed in 1916.

Provenance

Donald Pritchett Bean, Chicago, Illinois
Ellen Browder Bean (his wife), Chicago, Illinois
Donald Francis Bean (her son), Chicago, Illinois
Mary Ellen Green (his sister)
Private Collection (by descent from the above; sold: Charlton Hall Auctioneers, September 8, 2007, lot 156) 
American Illustrators Gallery, New York, 2008
Private Collection, New York, 2009 (acquired from the above)

Literature

Swift's Premium Calendar, 1916, p. 5
Edward D. Nudelman, Jessie Willcox Smith: A Bibliography, Gretna, Louisiana, 1989, p. 160, illustrated in color
Edward D. Nudelman, Jessie Willcox Smith: American Illustrator, Gretna, Louisiana, 1990, illustrated in color pl. 77

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There are printer's marks visible and some adhesive residue visible along the edges of the board outside of the composition. There are a few dots that appear like watermarks on the surface in the green area at the lower right. Under UV: There is no apparent inpainting.
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