HARRY ANDERSON Christmas in the Valley

Sale 2403 - Lot 3

Price Realized: $ 1,375

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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

HARRY ANDERSON.
"Christmas in the Valley." Gouache on board. 361x565 mm; 14 1/4x22 1/4 inches. Unsigned but identified on verso. Illustration for the story in The Ladies Home Journal, December 1952. Seated in an open-backed frame; with a contemporary title label and another from Illustration House. Some craqueleure to left side of image, near scarf, some foxing along image at the back of the grandmother's blouse.

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A charming Christmas image of a grandmother and grandson's joyful embrace upon his surpising her with a holiday homecoming. Anderson's characteristic attention to detail is noted by the boy's teary eyes and his clutching a handful of holly.