April 17, 2024
Original etching Thomas Handforth pencil signed
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Original etching by Thomas Handforth. Signed in Pencil.Thomas Scofield Handforth (September 16, 1897 – October 19, 1948) was an American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration.Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise.His work can be seenin several museums as noted on the back of this fine etching.SHIPPING IN SPECIALITY PROTECTED PACKAGING for maximum protection thus the necessary shipping fee.
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