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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" original pen and ink drawing with watercolor touches, signed ("ARackham") lower left, and additionally inscribed, signed and initialed, 1913.
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "Cock-a-doodle-doo!" original pen and ink drawing with watercolor touches, signed ("ARackham") lower left, and additionally inscribed, signed and initialed, 1913.
A Mother Goose drawing presented by Rackham to one of his early patrons, inscribed in the lower right in pencil: "To Ernest Brown with kindest regards from Arthur Rackham, Nov. 1913." Ernest Brown was a joint owner of Leicester Galleries, Rackham's dealer. Rackham frequently added color to his black and white illustrations for sale as original artwork. The present example has color added to the coxcombs, fiddles and the lady's dress; Rackham also adds two smaller roosters between the two drawings. Published: Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes. London: William Heinemann, [1913], black and white illustrations on p. 128 and p. 129 (a copy of the book is included with the lot).
248 x 172mm, pen and ink drawing on paper with touches of watercolor (laid down, surface soiling and some toning). Matted, glazed and framed. The book is the first Rackham, limited edition, signed, one of 1100 copies. Quarto. 13 color plates (spotting). Original cloth gilt (spine rubbed, endpapers foxed). Provenance (drawing only): Ernest Brown, art dealer 1851-1915 (presentation inscription) – Sotheby's New York, 12 December 1995, lot 145.
A Mother Goose drawing presented by Rackham to one of his early patrons, inscribed in the lower right in pencil: "To Ernest Brown with kindest regards from Arthur Rackham, Nov. 1913." Ernest Brown was a joint owner of Leicester Galleries, Rackham's dealer. Rackham frequently added color to his black and white illustrations for sale as original artwork. The present example has color added to the coxcombs, fiddles and the lady's dress; Rackham also adds two smaller roosters between the two drawings. Published: Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes. London: William Heinemann, [1913], black and white illustrations on p. 128 and p. 129 (a copy of the book is included with the lot).
248 x 172mm, pen and ink drawing on paper with touches of watercolor (laid down, surface soiling and some toning). Matted, glazed and framed. The book is the first Rackham, limited edition, signed, one of 1100 copies. Quarto. 13 color plates (spotting). Original cloth gilt (spine rubbed, endpapers foxed). Provenance (drawing only): Ernest Brown, art dealer 1851-1915 (presentation inscription) – Sotheby's New York, 12 December 1995, lot 145.