Jan 28, 2016 - Sale 2403

Sale 2403 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
H. BOYLSTON DUMMER.
Forest Critters skating contest. Watercolor, pen and ink on paper. 381x559 mm; 15x22 inches, sheet. Signed in ink, lower right. Tipped to matte along top, framed. Circa 1925.
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A charming image of a rabbit, fox, bear, and squirrel racing to reach the finish line as referee mouse waits to call the winner and a team of spectator animals cheer them on. Dummer, who, like Harrison Cady, lived in New York City and Rockport, Mass, was an active and prolific illustrator for The Youth's Companion, The Boston Post and the Christian Science Monitor where his weekly adventure series, "Animal Town Aviators" was later published as two books.