ARTHUR RACKHAM
ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR FOR LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER 21. RACKHAM, Arthur; [GRIMM Brothers] “THE END OF HIS BEARD WAS CAUGHT IN A CRACK IN A TREE” An Original Watercolour from “Snow-White and Rose-Red” 1917. An original pen, ink and watercolour painting published in “Little Brother, Little Sister” in 1917. Signed in the lower left hand corner. 21cm x 18cm. Mounted, framed and glazed. In fine condition. [39216] £29,500 Rackham at the height of his creative powers, depicting Snow White and Rose Red, one of the best loved of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The image combines all of Rackham’s most characteristic elements: a bad-tempered dwarf in pursuit of gold, sinuous trees and two maidens coming to his aid. LITERATURE: Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by The Brothers Grimm (Constable, 1917) p.12.
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