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Maginel Wright Enright Barney

Duck, Duck!---Geese! - Farm Children looking at Geese

Documentation

Signed

Origin

United States

Period

1920-1949

Materials

Watercolor,Gouache,Graphite

Dimensions

W.	15 in;	H.	18.5 in;
W.	38.1 cm;	H.	46.99 cm;

Condition

Fair. Condition is good. 4.5 inch, unobtrusive vertical crease running from top down into center of image

Creation Date

1930

Description

signed in orange along lower right of image
Illustration for Women's World magazine, published October, 1937

Maginel Wright Enright Barney was the sister of architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the illustrator of several children''s books, including those of L. Frank Baum, as well as cover designs and illustrations for numerous magazines throughout the 1920s-40.
She was largely responsible for revolutionizing the quality of illustration in children''s readers"--Reed, "The Illustrator in America 1860-2000," page 165.
Work is framed in a simple wood frame

Styles / Movements

Expressionism, Illustration, Modernism

Incollect Reference Number

442154