Lot Essay
The present works are original illustrations to the South American version of The Black Princess titled Chrysantheme.
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"You are to be called Azulina"; and On the perfumed high road that leads to happiness
Details
Florence Mary Anderson (fl.1914-1930)
"You are to be called Azulina"; and On the perfumed high road that leads to happiness
the first signed and dated 'Florence/Mary/Anderson/1916' (lower right); the second signed and dated 'Florence/Mary/Anderson/'16' (upper left)
pen and black ink and watercolour, on paper
10 ¾ x 8 in. (27.3 x 20.3 cm.); and 10 ½ x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm.)
(2)Two in the lot
"You are to be called Azulina"; and On the perfumed high road that leads to happiness
the first signed and dated 'Florence/Mary/Anderson/1916' (lower right); the second signed and dated 'Florence/Mary/Anderson/'16' (upper left)
pen and black ink and watercolour, on paper
10 ¾ x 8 in. (27.3 x 20.3 cm.); and 10 ½ x 8 in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm.)
(2)Two in the lot
Provenance
Private American Collection.
The second, Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 October 1982, lot 106.
The second, Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 October 1982, lot 106.
Literature
C.T. Young, The Black Princess and other Tales from Brazil, London, 1916, ill. p. 27 & 100.