JERRY PINKNEY Rabbit and Snake

Sale 2495 - Lot 37

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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000

JERRY PINKNEY.
"Rabbit and Snake." Double-page illustration for pages 54-55 of "Further Tales of Uncle Remus" as told by Julius Lester (New York: Dial Books, 1988). Watercolor, pen and ink on paper. 260x356 mm; 10 1/4x14 inches. Signed in lower left image. Tipped to matte.

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A rich and detailed watercolor for this celebrated edition of African-American folktales. Jerry Pinkney has won numerous awards for his body of over 100 illustrated books, including the coveted Caldecott Medal for 2010 for which he is the first African-American artist to hold that honor. He is also the first illustrator to be honored with a full-scale retrospective of his work at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.