
Lot 195
RACKHAM (ARTHUR) "Bring out your spinning-wheels, Bring out your spinning-wheels", depicting an old lady handing over her spinning wheels to a court official, used as an illustration in "Sleeping Beauty", [1920]
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£1,000 - £1,500
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RACKHAM (ARTHUR)
"Bring out your spinning-wheels, Bring out your spinning-wheels", depicting an old lady handing over her spinning wheels to a court official, used as an illustration in "Sleeping Beauty", original pen and ink drawing, on paper, signed with initials ("AR") lower right, toned, mounted and framed, sheet size 200 x 215mm., [1920]
Footnotes
Fine example of one of Arthur Rackham's silhouettes used in "The Sleeping Beauty. Retold by C.S. Evans" (1920), in which Rackham's "gift for silhouette was given full play" (Derek Hudson, Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work, 1974).
Provenance: Old exhibition labels ("31. Sold", "Purchased 2/7/[19]36") on verso of frame.