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"Oh if brother would only let me have the key."

Creator: Violet Moore Higgins
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Story illustration for unknown publication.
Though unconfirmed, it is possible this illustration was produced for The Little Lame Prince by Miss Mulock (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik) (Chicago: Albert Whitman Co., 1927, chapter VII).

Violet Moore Higgins, born Violet Idelle Moore, attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s, and then settled in New York as an illustrator for children's books and magazines. She has illustrated books like 'Pinocchio', 'Heidi', 'Hans Brinker' and 'The Three Bears'. In the 1910s she made 'Picture Puzzle Nursery Rhymes' for the Boston Globe. Her feature 'Drowsy Dick', about a boy who was injected into several fairytales, was published in the New York World and syndicated by New York World Press Publishing in 1926-28. In 1946-47 she illustrated Bible stories, fables and activity pages in the Treasure Chest comic book. In the 1950s, she drew a children's feature for the Associated Press called 'Junior Editors'

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	1900-1919
Materials:	watercolor - Pen & Ink
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	circa 1920's
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Post Impressionism, Illustration
Incollect Reference #:	400319

Dimensions

W.	8 in;	H.	11 in;
W.	20.32 cm;	H.	27.94 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.