I have three of these unique and rare 1950s illustrations for children's books.
They have been painted with gouche / thick watercolour paint and the image has ten been mounted onto card. It comes with the black and white image of how the original drawing was made into a black and white image for publication.
All three of my images featured vintage seaside motifs. They are being sold unframed - and would look great with a new window mount and frame - and hung in a child's bedroom or in a hallway in a seaside holiday cottage. They are one-off pieces - and you wont find another one like them.
They are all unsigned and have a naive quality to them - which just makes them all so sweet.
This one features three little children playing on a beach. In the cenre is a little girl on the back of a spotted donkey. A sign to the side reads: Donkey Rides. Above is a large yellow spiky sun and on the horizon is a red and white sail boat. The foreground show two little children building a sandcastle.
It seems to have been reproduced in black and white for publication - but I have no further information on any publication the image might have ultimately appeared in.
They are in fairly fine vintage condition - there is some little bits of spotting on the black and white reproduction print - but given they are working images etc - this is quite acceptable.
I have taken lots of images for your inspection.
Dimensions: The image size is 28 x 20 cm
The works will be sent to you with Royal Mail Recorded. Any excess that you might pay in the postage will be refunded to you.
I just love these wee works - had them many years now before deciding to list for sale. It was a hard decision.