Jun 24, 2021 - Sale 2574
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Sale 2574 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
H. LAWRENCE HOFFMAN (1911-1977)
"The Canterbury Tales." Together, group of 8 illustrations published in The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A new modern English prose translation by R. M. Lumiansky (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948). Gouache over graphite on board. Each approximately 250x155 mm; 9 3/4x6 1/4 inches, on 13 1/4x8 3/4-inch boards. Unsigned, but most with captions in graphite in lower margin.

Group includes: "I cannot tell whether she is a woman or a goddess...," published on page 19 of The Knight's Tale * "...Sharp spurs were thrust in the horses' flanks," published on page 44 of The Knight's Tale * "Scornful Simkin," published on page 69 of The Reeve's Tale * "He sang and danced at every wedding...," published on page 78 of The Cook's Tale * "You shall go to hell with me tonight...," published on page 133 of The Friar's Tale * "...Lady Dorigen, who loved her husband as her life," published on page 208 of The Franklin's Tale * "He laid his books and his many money bags before him...," published on page 242 of The Shipman's Tale * "You'll find silver there, I hope," published on page 295 of The Canon's Yeoman's Tale.
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