EDWARD ARDIZZONE CBE RA RDI (1900-1979)

THEY WERE WATCHING A SMALL STEAMER SAIL SLOWLY OUT OF THE DOCK, WHEN AT ONE OF THE PORTHOLES A FACE APPEARED CROWNED WITH A MOP OF RED HAIR.

Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979) - THEY WERE WATCHING A SMALL STEAMER SAIL SLOWLY OUT OF THE DOCK, WHEN AT ONE OF THE PORTHOLES A FACE APPEARED CROWNED WITH A MOP OF RED HAIR.

Price £6,500

WATERCOLOUR WITH PEN AND INK OVERLAY
6 1/2 X 13 3/4 INCHES
PROVENANCE: JOHN LEWIS, GIVEN BY THE ARTIST
ILLUSTRATED: EDWARD ARDIZZONE, TIM IN DANGER, LONDON:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1953, [UNPAGINATED]
LITERATURE: JOHN LEWIS, A HANDBOOK OF TYPE AND ILLUSTRATION,
LONDON: FABER & FABER, 1956, PAGES 109-112
(WITH THE IMAGE REPRODUCED ON PAGES 110-111)
EXHIBITED: THE ILLUSTRATORS
THE BRITISH ART OF ILLUSTRATION 1800-2007, NO 463

Artist: EDWARD ARDIZZONE CBE RA RDI (1900-1979)
Exhibitions: The Illustrators 2007

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