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HILDA RUE WILKINSON-BROWN.
“I thought she had more sense than to swing without a coat.”An unused illustration for
The Brownies’ Book
magazine. Ink on thick paper. 152x203 mm; 6x8 inches, on 11
1
/
4
x14
1
/
2
-
inch sheet. Captioned in margins. Dampstaining and light foxing in margins. Nd, circa 1920.
[600/900]
Wilkinson-Brown (1894-1981) was the primary contributing illustrator for W.E.B. DuBois’s
periodical,The Brownies’ Book. Running monthly from January 1920 to December 1921, it was
the only magazine published for African-American children ages six to sixteen. His mission was to
celebrate their racial identity by providing content specific to their experiences in America.Aiming to
inspire black children with black authors,The Brownies’ Book was among the first publications to
publish poetry by Langston Hughes.Wilkinson-Brown’s illustrations were prominently featured in
every issue of the magazine. Her later works are included in the holdings of the collection of The
Smithsonian,The Art Institute of Chicago, and The Metropolitan Museum.
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GEORGE VARIAN.
“Extended his right to his astonished foe.”
Illustration for chapter 4, page 17 of the
story “A Generous Enemy” published in
St.
Nicholas
magazine, 1910. Mixed media with
watercolor, pencil, and pen. 525x385; 20
3
/
4
x15
inches, trimmed to border and bottom
margin. Unsigned, captioned in pencil along
thin bottom margin and stamped on verso.
Glue remnants from being formerly mounted;
tipped to window matte at two places along
verso top.
[400/600]
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