HARRISON CADY 1921 “PETER RABBIT” SUNDAY PAGE ORIGINAL ART- TRICKY LADYBUG.
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$665.39 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Auction:
Auction #214 - Part II
Item numbers 1008 through 2793 in auction 214
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Item Description
See previous item #1586. 22x28” thin art board has 20x25” India ink image including logo art and 12 panels for Oct. 2. Page is subtitled in lt. pencil “ He Contacts A Bad Case Of Spots And Old Dr. Meadowmouse Removes Them And Also His Wallet”. Logo has art of Peter dumping red paint on ladybug. Storyline has the doctor and ladybug hatching up a plot as Peter paints fence. Peter falls asleep and bug paints spots on his face. Peter rushes to doctor thinking he has caught measles. His wife comforts him and calls for the doctor who treats him w/a bath of Bunko. The last panel has Peter overhearing the doctor splitting his fee w/bug. Art is signed in ink “Harrison Cady” in last panel. Complete w/N.Y. Tribune copyright paper in logo area. Four panels side margins have moisture marks, but rest of art is clean. A funny and well-drawn early example.
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