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PETER DRIBEN.
Blushing Bride. Pastel on paper. 508x406 mm; 20x16 inches. Signed in image, lower right.
Tiny tack holes in corner and one or two miniscule short clean tears along edges. A beau-
tiful, detailed portrait of a young bride. Nd.
[800/1,200]
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H. BOYLSTON DUMMER.
Forest Critters skating contest. Watercolor, pen and ink on paper. 381x559 mm; 15x22
inches, sheet. Signed in ink, lower right.Tipped to matte along top, framed. Circa 1925.
[600/900]
A charming image of a rabbit, fox, bear, and squirrel racing to reach the finish line as referee mouse
waits to call the winner and a team of spectator animals cheer them on. Dummer, who, like Harrison
Cady, lived in New York City and Rockport, Mass, was an active and prolific illustrator for The
Youth’s Companion,The Boston Post and the Christian Science Monitor where his weekly adventure
series,“Animal Town Aviators” was later published as two books.
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