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This lot also includes part of the original manuscript for the book, poems and correspondences to and from the artist
A Quantity of unframed Drawings and Watercolours by Mary Eleanor Knox (nee Shepard) (b. 1909), the majority executed for Mr and Mrs Grus, written and illustrated by the artist, including: Mr and Mrs Grus fly away with the Tech cranes, Leningrad; Bosco takes Mr and Mrs Grus to Marsh Island; the thunderstorm; Mr Grus goes over his pamphlets; crane-talk learnt twice a week; and others, some signed, the majority inscribed
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A Quantity of unframed Drawings and Watercolours by Mary Eleanor Knox (nee Shepard) (b. 1909), the majority executed for Mr and Mrs Grus, written and illustrated by the artist, including: Mr and Mrs Grus fly away with the Tech cranes, Leningrad; Bosco takes Mr and Mrs Grus to Marsh Island; the thunderstorm; Mr Grus goes over his pamphlets; crane-talk learnt twice a week; and others, some signed, the majority inscribed
10.5/8 x 15in. (27 x 38.1cm.) and smaller
see colour illustration
10.5/8 x 15in. (27 x 38.1cm.) and smaller
see colour illustration