Lot 112
  • 112

Jessie Willcox Smith 1863-1935

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Jessie Willcox Smith
  • Little Drops of Water
  • signed Jessie Willcox Smith, l.l.
  • mixed media on illustration board
  • 21 1/2 by 15 1/2 in.
  • (54.6 by 39.4 cm)
  • Executed circa 1910.

Provenance

Frances Stotesbury Mitchell (friend of the artist)
By descent in the family to the present owner

Literature

A Child's Book of Old Verses, New York, 1910, illustrated in color opposite p. 58
Woman's Home Companion, September 1910, illustrated
Edward D. Nudelman, Jessie Willcox Smith: A Biography, Gretna, Louisiana, 1989, p. 54
Edward D. Nudelman, Jessie Willcox Smith: American Illustrator, Gretna, Louisiana, 1990, illustrated in color pl. 47

Condition

Very good condition, small crack to board above girl's bow, very small repair in upper right corner; under UV: fine. Please note that this work is titled "Little Drops of Water, Little Grains of Sand" on a label on the reverse.
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