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242 ● ALICE and MARTIN PROVENSON. Double-page illustration.
“Green” * “Roses.”
Watercolor and ink on thin board. 410x280 mm; 16x11 inches. For D. H. Lawrence’s Birds,
Beasts and theThirdThing.NewYork:Viking, 1984. Signed lower right. Scattered light foxing.
[1,500/2,500]
243 ● ALICE and MARTIN
PROVENSON. Two illustrations.
“TheTwins” * “Clara Codd and Frederick
Friddle.”
Mixed media on board. Each 375x225 mm;
143/4x9 inches. For Louis Untermeyer’s The
Golden Book of Fun and Nonsense. Both
signed lower left. NewYork: Golden Press,
1970. [1,000/1,500]
Martin Provensen had been employed by Walt
Disney and Alice by Walter Lantz when they
met in Hollywood while they were working on
military training films during World War II.
After many years illustrating Golden Books, the
Provensens won the Caldecott Medal in 1984.
Martin Provensen also drew the mascotTony the
Tiger for Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes
(“They’re Grrrrreat!”). Since his death in
1987,Alice Provensen has continued to produce
picture books on her own.
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