The European Art Sale
The European Art Sale
Edmund Dulac
Mary Queen of Scots
Lot Closed
May 20, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Edmund Dulac
British
1882 - 1953
Mary Queen of Scots
signed Edmund/ Dulac (lower right) and numbered and titled No 6. Mary Queen of Scots;
further inscribed, verso: Mary Queen of Scots
watercolor and gouache over traces of pencil on paperboard
sight size: 13 by 12 in.; 33 by 30.5 cm.
framed: 23 ½ by 19 ⅝ in.; 59.6 by 49.8 cm.
Lord and Lady White of Hull
Sale: Christie's, New York, April 29, 1997, lot 142
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, December 14, 2016, lot 29
Sale: Christie's, New York, April 29, 1997, lot 142
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, December 14, 2016, lot 29
American Weekly, 10 June 1934, cover illustration
C. White, Edmund Dulac, London, 1976, p. 204
C. White, Edmund Dulac, London, 1976, p. 204
Mary Queen of Scots was conceived for the cover of the June 10, 1934 issue of American Weekly as part of Dulac's series Follies that destroyed famous Queens, which also featured illustrations of Semiramis, Dido, Isabella of Bavaria, Marie-Antoinette, and Queen Chand.