Original signed drawing of two children from Fair Play

by Munro Leaf

$1,000 · Offered by Honey & Wax Booksellers

Signed

No place: circa 1940. Black Conté crayon on paper, measuring 22.5 x 18.5 inches, sheet size. Signed in red crayon to bottom right margin. Line of dampstaining along bottom margin, hidden by archival mat. Original signed drawing by Munro Leaf 1905-1976 , featuring characters from Fair Play, his 1939 storybook on the subject of good citizenship. The little boy, “Justme,” characterized by his frown and distinctively drawn baggy

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