Emporium Auction
Fri, Sep 13, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 352
Mary Louise Spoor
Estimate: $400 - $600
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| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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(Massachusetts/Illinois, 1887-1985)Large Two-sided Nursery Rhyme Poster: Little Bo Peep, recto, Hickory Dickory Dock verso, C.H. Congdon, Chicago, publisher, 1912, chromolithograph, 34-5/8 x 50-1/8 in.; gilt wood frame, 37-3/8 x 53 in.Note: Liza Cowan, an artist that spent time researching this little known artist states that Spoor, "worked for a brief shining moment from Chicago, publishing illustrations for Rand McNally and Lyons & Carnihan. She goes on to state that, "Before she left Chicago, Mollie, as she was called, went to The Art Institute and shared a studio with Gertrude Spaller, another young illustrator. Together they illustrated at least two children's readers.The Easy Road To Reading Primerÿeditions one and two."Reference:ÿhttps://seesaw.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/from-hickory-di.html Provenance: Private Collection, Asheville, North Carolina
good condition, not examined out of frame; frame with abrasions
Condition
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