Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Graphite on paper, signed at lower right, matted but unframed.
Image size 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.; Dimensions overall 16 x 12 in.
Tasha Tudor was born to a prominent and old family in Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother was a talented portrait artist and was among the first of many to encourage Tasha's artistic talents. Her teenage years were spent in the idyllic setting of Redding, Connecticut where her mother ran an antiques shop and tea room. This experience led to a lifelong interest in the New England farming life of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Tasha Tudor illustrated her first book,
Hitty's Almanac, in 1934. Over the course of her long life, she illustrated close to one hundred books. Several of her most beloved works include
Corgiville Fair,
The Secret Garden, and
The Night Before Christmas. She was awarded Caldecott Honors for
Mother Goose in 1945 and
1is One in 1957.
Some minor smudging; not examined out of the matting.