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100 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William. “Up and down, up and down, Goblin lead them up and down”. 1908 Original artwork Published within Rackham’s edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1908. The watercolour depicts Puck leading Lysander away from Demetrius in Act 3, scene 2. The piece appears opposite page 86 and is one of the 40 colour plates. The board has the title added in the artist’s hand, together with identification of the book and the artist’s signature. This powerful illustration shows Rackham’s thorough knowledge of the text of the play. Although simply entitled “Up and down, up and down”, Rackham adds the “damned spirits all” to his composition and therefore depicts a passage from Puck’s previous speech. (For note on this edition, see item 99.) Original drawing (265 × 183 mm) on card, laid down on board, fine ink and watercolour, signed and dated (“Arthur Rackham 08”) lower right, inscribed with title and additionally signed below mount, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size: 480 × 372 mm). Fine and unfaded.
¶ Exhibited: Leicester Galleries, London, October–November 1908, item 19; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 5 January – 17 February 1974, item 23. £75,000 [153856] 101 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm. “‘O Grandmother, what big ears you have got’ she said”. 1909 A fine original watercolour Published within The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm in 1909. This fine watercolour appears opposite page 118 and is one of the 40 colour plates. Rackham revisited his 1900 work on Grimm’s Fairy Tales for an enlarged edition in 1909. This watercolour is one of eight which Rackham noted were “entirely new”. Original drawing (185 × 130 mm) on artist’s board (200 × 142 mm), ink and watercolour, signed and dated (“Rackham 1909”) lower right, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size 460 × 377 mm). Fine and unfaded. ¶ Exhibited: Leicester Galleries, London, November–December 1909, item 36. £37,500 [154993]
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