Lot 85: GRUELLE, JOHNNY. 1880-1938. Original illustration art in ink and watercolors, two images for "Tim Tim Tamytam" on one sheet, each 150 x 48 mm, separately signed "Johnny Gruelle," c.1919. Fine condition. Matted and framed.

GRUELLE, JOHNNY. 1880-1938.
Original illustration art in ink and watercolors, two images for "Tim Tim Tamytam" on one sheet, each 150 x 48 mm, separately signed "Johnny Gruelle," c.1919. Fine condition. Matted and framed. A pair of illustrations for the story "Tim Tim Tamytam," which appeared in Friendly Fairies (Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co., 1919). At the top, Mrs. Tamytam rests on a toadstool while Tim Tim runs home to get a candle. There he encounters his friend Tom Tom Teenyweeny, as seen in the lower image.