I have three of these unique and rare early 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 consists of three separate sections. Three is a an image of a fisherman and another of a fishwife. The black and white image for the fisherman survives, but sadly the black and white one for the fishwife is not present.
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 and a little marking on the colour one (please examine my photographs carefully)- but given they are working images etc - this is quite acceptable.
I have taken lots of images for your inspection.
Dimensions: Each panel measures 28 x 11.5 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.