Kate Greenaway, R.I. (1846-1901)

Blind man's buff: Illustration for the front cover of Kate Greenway's Book of Games, 1889

Details

Kate Greenaway, R.I. (1846-1901)
Blind man's buff: Illustration for the front cover of Kate Greenway's Book of Games, 1889
signed with initials 'K.G' (lower left) and with inscription 'Blind mans buff/childrens Games' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour within artist's pen and ink frame
4¾ x 6 in. (12.1 x 15.3 cm.)

Literature

K. Greenway, Kate Greenaway's Book of Games, London, 1889, frontispiece.
T.E. Schuster & R. Engen, Printed Kate Greenaway: A Catalogue Raisonné, London, 1986, no. 43.(1c.)

Exhibited

London, Fine Art Society, An exhibition of watercolour drawings by the late Kate Greenaway, R.I., January 1902, no. 53.

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Lot Essay

This illustration of the children's game blind man's bluff was used by Kate Greenaway for the frontispiece design of her Book of Games, published in London in 1889. This watercolour was also included in the retrospective exhibition of 120 of her works exhibited in 1902, a year after her death, at The Fine Art Society, London.

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