Dec 10, 2019 - Sale 2526

Sale 2526 - Lot 94

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
DOROTHY HOPE SMITH.
"Fancy Pants was awaking reluctantly. Out of one solemn blue eye he stared blandly at his uncle." Story illustration for "Fancy Pants" by Florence Ostern, published in Ladies' Home Journal, November 1932. Oil on canvas. Signed "Dorothy Hope Smith" in lower right image. Some restoration work and inpainting. Framed.

Additional Details

Dorothy Hope Smith is best known as the artist behind the image of the "Gerber Baby," which has been featured on jars of baby food and company advertisements since 1928.