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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "Puck!!" original watercolor drawing, signed and dated ("Arthur Rackham '09") lower right, 1909.
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939). "Puck!!" original watercolor drawing, signed and dated ("Arthur Rackham '09") lower right, 1909.
Puck!! A fine illustration from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Rackham illustrated a collected Tales from Shakespeare as well as separate editions of Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest. Midsummer Night's Dream was certainly one of Rackham's favorites. The illustrations of Titania, Oberon, Bottom and Puck are among his most famous works and the separate edition of 1908 contains a full forty color plates. The present drawing is charming: a smug, smiling little Puck appears to salute the audience and one can almost hear him thinking, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" Published: LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. London: J.M. Dent, 1909, color plate at p. 16, being one of only two color plates for this play (a copy of the book is included with the lot).
260 x 180mm, pen and ink and watercolor on illustration board (browned). Matted, glazed and framed. The book is the first Rackham, limited edition, signed, one of 750 copies. Quarto. 13 color plates (some foxing). Original cloth gilt (cloth darkened).
Puck!! A fine illustration from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Rackham illustrated a collected Tales from Shakespeare as well as separate editions of Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest. Midsummer Night's Dream was certainly one of Rackham's favorites. The illustrations of Titania, Oberon, Bottom and Puck are among his most famous works and the separate edition of 1908 contains a full forty color plates. The present drawing is charming: a smug, smiling little Puck appears to salute the audience and one can almost hear him thinking, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" Published: LAMB, Charles and Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. London: J.M. Dent, 1909, color plate at p. 16, being one of only two color plates for this play (a copy of the book is included with the lot).
260 x 180mm, pen and ink and watercolor on illustration board (browned). Matted, glazed and framed. The book is the first Rackham, limited edition, signed, one of 750 copies. Quarto. 13 color plates (some foxing). Original cloth gilt (cloth darkened).