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259 ● JESSIE WILCOX SMITH.
“Twin Comforts of the Home, Ideal Boilers,
American Radiators.”
Poster printed in 1924 by the American
Radiator Company. 785x530 mm; 31x21
inches. Some very light chipping to outer
black border, else near fine. Mounted to
acid-free art board and framed. Nudelman,
Posters, p.164. [600/900]
260 ● JESSIE WILCOX SMITH. The Water Babies.
Original mixed-media (pen and ink and watercolor) illustrations for The Water Babies,
comprising one large sheet of six different images. 565x720 mm; 22x28 inches. Executed
1915-1916 and appearing in her famous Kingsley classic,The Water-Babies in 1916. On
the verso is a written note, presumably in Smith’s hand, stating: “Title- Illustrations for
Water Babies/ Artist- Jessie Willcox Smith.” Intermittent mild foxing, cheifly marginal.
Not examined out of frame. [6,000/9,000]
Line drawings for any of Smith’s books are quite scarce, and these are among her most important
works.All of the oil paintings for TheWater Babies are in the Library of Congress, the only group of
paintings for any of her major books ever to be archived together in a public institution.
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