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ELLEN BERNARD THOMPSON PYLE (1876-1936)
ELLEN BERNARD THOMPSON PYLE (1876-1936)
ELLEN BERNARD THOMPSON PYLE (1876-1936)
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ELLEN BERNARD THOMPSON PYLE (1876-1936)

Trick-or-Treat

Details
ELLEN BERNARD THOMPSON PYLE (1876-1936)
Trick-or-Treat
signed 'E. Pyle' (lower right)—signed again (upper right)
oil on board
26 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (67.9 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted circa 1930.
Provenance
The artist.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pyle Smith, by descent from the above.
The Illustrated Gallery, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2014.
Literature
The Saturday Evening Post, October 25, 1930, cover illustration.
J. Goodman, "Happy Halloween," The Saturday Evening Post Weekly Newsletter, October 21, 2015, illustrated.
Exhibited
Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, Illustrating Her World: Ellen B.T. Pyle, August 1, 2009-January 3, 2010, p. 37, illustrated.
Further details
The present work is accompanied by a copy of the October 25, 1930 edition of The Saturday Evening Post.

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Lot Essay

Ellen Pyle was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1876 and began her studies at Drexel Institute in 1895. In 1898 and 1899, she studied under illustrator Howard Pyle at his summer school, learning alongside famed illustrators like N.C. Wyeth and meeting her future husband (and Howard's brother), Walter Pyle. After Walter's passing in 1919, Ellen retuned to work, eventually illustrating 40 covers for The Saturday Evening Post, such as the present example.

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