1918
by FROST, A.B. (Joel Chandler Harris)
1918. Fine. Original pen and ink drawing on paper of Uncle Remus with his cane talking to Brer Rabbit. Measures 11½” x 17½” to the inside edges of a mat frame, neatly housed inside a glazed wood frame (18” x 24”). Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Frost’s original front cover and frontispiece illustration for the book *Uncle Remus Returns*, published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1918. In fine condition. One of Frost’s classic images of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit. The frontispiece is captioned: “Brer Rabbit ax ‘im ef he’ll do er favor fer one er his ol’time frien’s.” Accompanied with a bright, near fine first edition copy of the book.
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