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Lot 457: THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph

Est: $200 USD - $300 USDPassed
East Coast BooksWells, ME, USDecember 30, 2020

Item Overview

Description

Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) 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. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.

Artist or Maker

Condition Report

The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.

Payment & Shipping

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Shipping

SHIPPING:
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Auction Details

ART ON PAPER, AUTOGRAPHS, HISTORICAL PAPER

by
East Coast Books
December 30, 2020, 01:00 PM EST

PO Box 849, Wells, ME, 04090, US

Terms

Buyer's Premium

20.0%

Bidding Increments

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$50$199$10
$200$499$25
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Shipping Terms

SHIPPING:
We do our own in-house shipping and only charge for the actual cost, which includes shipping, insurance, registered & confirmation services will be charged to the bidder. Shipping will be thru the US postal service unless otherwise instructed. Shipping outside the US is more expensive - often requiring registry or express mail. Insurance coverage to some foreign countries may be limited or unavailable. Any shipment to a foreign country may require a customs form which will show the value of the item[s] being shipped. All international buyers are responsible for customs, duties and additional taxes, if any.

There is NO pickup or delivery service.