Jan 22, 2015 - Sale 2372

Sale 2372 - Lot 138

Price Realized: $ 845
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
MARILEE HEYER.
"The Magic Boots." Watercolor and pencil with washed board. 356x267 mm; 14x10 1/2 inches, image; 425x324 mm; 16 3/4x12 3/4 inches, board. Signed M. Heyer in lower right and titled in lower margin. Illustration for Heyer's book The Weaving of a Dream, New York: Viking Kestrel, 1986.

Additional Details

Heyer's meticulously detailed image of the magic boots given to the protagonist Leje, from her first book, The Weaving of a Dream, a retelling of the classic Chinese folktale which is still in print.