Illustration & Cover Art

Pair from Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Artist:Louis Rhead
Date:1924
Medium:Pen & Ink drawing
Dimensions:Sight size 7" X 10" framed 19.5" X 23"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Pair of Interior Illustrations from Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Price:$950.00

Above: Framed View

Above: Detail

Above: Detail


A pair of interior illustrations in pen & ink by Louis Rhead, from the 1924 edition of Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge. The drawings are on 2 separate sheets of watercolor paper which were mounted on one illustration board by Rhead. Works are nicely matted and framed in a period dark oak quarter sawn mission oak frame.

Above: Frame detail


Here are a few other examples of Louis Rhead cover and poster designs in a Belle-Epoque, Alphonse Mucha stylized Art Nouveau aesthetic. Original pen & ink works and watercolors by this artist are very scarce.




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