BRETT HELQUIST. Santa's arrival. Illustration for the book "Milly & the Macy's Day Parade" by Shana Corey (New York: Scholastic, Inc., 2002). Pastel over watercolor and graphite on paper. 253x648 mm; 10x25 1/2 inches, archivally framed to 16 1/2x32 inches. Signed and dated in lower right margin. An inscribed and signed copy of the book accompanies this lot. Provenance: Collection of Robert and Alice Dornish. Exhibited: Kutztown University Sharadin Gallery, "Every Picture Tells a Story-The Dornish Collection," October-November, 2010.
A sweet historic fictional account of how the first Macy's parade came to be, by the illustrator best known for his depictions of Lemony Snicket's wildly popular 13-title "Series of Unfortunate Events."
