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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "At last she met the bridegroom who was coming slowly back," original watercolor and pen and ink drawing, signed ("Arthur Rackham"), lower left [1917].
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "At last she met the bridegroom who was coming slowly back," original watercolor and pen and ink drawing, signed ("Arthur Rackham"), lower left [1917].
An exquisite drawing for the Grimm Brothers' story "Fitcher's Bird." It depicts the moment of triumph when the youngest and cleverest of three daughters—covered in honey and bird feathers—meets the evil sorcerer after he has been tricked into delivering her resurrected sisters safely home. The girl's disguise is successful and the sorcerer continues to his house in the woods and to his doom. This illustration is for one of 12 color plates in Little Brother & Little Sister. "This is one of the few books illustrated by Rackham from which it would be possible to select any single colour picture in order to demonstrate Rackham's art at its finest" (Gettings). Further singled out for praise in this title are Rackham's "pre-Raphaelite, infinitely tender portrayals of womanhood" (ibid., pp. 116-117). Published: GRIMM BROTHERS. Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales. London: Constable & Co., 1917, color plate at p. 108.
365 x 265mm, watercolor, pen and ink on illustration board, some publication notes on verso. Double-matted, glazed and framed (tipped at top edge to mat, narrow mat-shadow).
An exquisite drawing for the Grimm Brothers' story "Fitcher's Bird." It depicts the moment of triumph when the youngest and cleverest of three daughters—covered in honey and bird feathers—meets the evil sorcerer after he has been tricked into delivering her resurrected sisters safely home. The girl's disguise is successful and the sorcerer continues to his house in the woods and to his doom. This illustration is for one of 12 color plates in Little Brother & Little Sister. "This is one of the few books illustrated by Rackham from which it would be possible to select any single colour picture in order to demonstrate Rackham's art at its finest" (Gettings). Further singled out for praise in this title are Rackham's "pre-Raphaelite, infinitely tender portrayals of womanhood" (ibid., pp. 116-117). Published: GRIMM BROTHERS. Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales. London: Constable & Co., 1917, color plate at p. 108.
365 x 265mm, watercolor, pen and ink on illustration board, some publication notes on verso. Double-matted, glazed and framed (tipped at top edge to mat, narrow mat-shadow).