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Lot 147
Howard Pyle (American, 1853-1911), Sketch for Twilight Land
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Ink and pencil on paper, with publication notes by the artist in red, matted and framed under glass.

Sight size 11 x 8 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 17 x 13 3/4 in.

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London
Mrs. Anne Poole Pyle, circa 1922

This is the original illustration by Pyle for his collection of fairy tales, Twilight Land, published by Harper & Brothers in 1894. This sketch depicts the character, Abdallah, and the genie from the tale "Not a Pin to Choose."

Light toning to sheet; not examined out of the frame.

$1,000 - 3,000