Lot Essay
An unused illustration, possibly for the The Tinder Box, for Harry Clarke's first book, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, 1914
Details
Harry Clarke (1889-1931)
An Illustration to Hans Christian Andersen
pen and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour
11¾ x 8in.
An Illustration to Hans Christian Andersen
pen and black ink, watercolour and bodycolour
11¾ x 8in.
Provenance
Walter Clarke (the artist's brother) and then by descent
Literature
Nicola Gordon Bowe, The Life and Work of Harry Clarke, 1989, pp.34, 256.7
Exhibited
Dublin, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Harry Clarke, 1979, no. 20
The Fine Art Society, Spring '86 catalogue, no. 6
The Fine Art Society, Spring '86 catalogue, no. 6