HENRY CLARENCE PITZ. "It seemed very long to Rose before the afternoon wore away and darkness came." Illustration for the cover and page 39 of "A Prairie Rose" by Bertha Bush (Little, Brown and Co., 1925); original label on verso bears the original, unpublished caption: "As the shadows crept over the prairie, Rose was assailed by an irresistible wave of homesickness." Oil on canvas. Signed in lower right image. 533x762 mm; 21x30 inches, framed to 23 1/2x32 1/2 inches. Abrasions and losses primarily to left edge, upper area most severe.
