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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "The end of his beard was caught in a crack in the tree,” original watercolor, pen and ink drawing, signed ("Arthur Rackham") [1917].
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "The end of his beard was caught in a crack in the tree,” original watercolor, pen and ink drawing, signed ("Arthur Rackham") [1917].
Snow-white and Rose-red: one of the most beloved of Grimm fairy tales. This is quintessential Rackham, showing the young maiden sisters coming to the assistance of a hopping-mad dwarf. The dwarf's beard is caught in the roots of a sinuous tree, his mallet and a bag of gold coins lie nearby. Gettings calls the work in which this drawing was published one of Rackham's "crowning achievements" and "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." Published: GRIMM BROTHERS. Little Brother and Little Sister. London: Constable & Co. [1917], color plate at p.12; Gettings, Rackham [1976], pl. 116.
210 x 180mm, watercolor and pen and ink on illustration board, publisher's marks on verso (some mat toning). Matted, glazed and framed.
Snow-white and Rose-red: one of the most beloved of Grimm fairy tales. This is quintessential Rackham, showing the young maiden sisters coming to the assistance of a hopping-mad dwarf. The dwarf's beard is caught in the roots of a sinuous tree, his mallet and a bag of gold coins lie nearby. Gettings calls the work in which this drawing was published one of Rackham's "crowning achievements" and "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." Published: GRIMM BROTHERS. Little Brother and Little Sister. London: Constable & Co. [1917], color plate at p.12; Gettings, Rackham [1976], pl. 116.
210 x 180mm, watercolor and pen and ink on illustration board, publisher's marks on verso (some mat toning). Matted, glazed and framed.