Auction 75 · Lot 50
The Marsh King's Daughter: “The Sages met together and talked long and learnedly.”
- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
SZYK, ARTHUR
Place
New York, 1945
Description
Gouache on board. Signed and dated by the artist, lower right. Framed.
summary
Szyk created this artwork in relation to the illustrations he was commissioned to execute for the Illustrated Junior Library’s edition of “Hans Christian Andersen's Illustrated Fairy Tales” (1945), p. 152 (and repeated as the illustration on the publisher’s slip-case).
Accompanied by: The original illustrated book, with slip-case.
Mat attached to artwork. 5.5 x 6.5 inches (13.9 x 16.5 cm).
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