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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 22, 2007 | Doyle | New York | Modern & Contemporary and European & American Art | 1248 | $****** - ****** | Little Mother |
paintings
48.3 x 40.6 cm (19 x 16 in)
Oil and charcoal on board
Signed Jessie Willcox Smith (ll) , inscribed with artist"s name and title on two old labels affixed to reverse of frame
Jessie Willcox Smith
American, 1863-1935
Little Mother, circa 1922
Signed Jessie Willcox Smith (ll) , inscribed with artist"s name and title on two old labels affixed to reverse of frame
Oil and charcoal on board
19 x 16 inches
Literature:
Good Housekeeping Magazine, June 1922, cover illustration
Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor L. Skinner, comps. A Very Little Child"s Book of Stories, New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1923, reissued in 1980 by Children"s Classics, illustrated
S. Michael Schnessel, Jessie Willcox Smith, New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Publishers, 1977, no. 81, p. 120, illustrated
Renowned for her idyllic images of childhood, Jessie Wilcox Smith achieved widespread success during the golden age of illustration, illustrating over forty children"s books and working for publications such as Century, Collier"s Weekly and Scribner"s Magazine. Preferring to work with the children of her friends rather than professional models, she portrayed them with keen sensitivity to mood and expression.
