Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Original artwork

by Arthur Rackham, artist

$12,500 · Offered by Whitmore Rare Books

London: 1932. Watercolor on paper, image size: 9 x 7 1/2 inches; 228 x 190 mm. Matted and framed. Lettered in blue at the top: “Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales,” and at the bottom: “With a Number of Illustrations by Arthur Rackham.” This gentle and delightful watercolor depicts a group of four children, with a dog, dancing around a snowman. The group is set before a green picket fence and a full moon against a dark blue sky.

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