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Title: The Sunbonnet Twins Painting and Drawing Book. Fun and Instruction for Little Folks.
Description: New York, NY: Cupples & Leon Company, 1917. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This is an original Sunbonnet Twins painting book. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some rubbing, bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean, but a number of the pages have been colored in / painted in. There is a previous owner's name and date inked on the front inside cover. (Dated 1927) "Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist. She may have also studied with Howard Pyle. By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California. Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets. Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position. Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
Keywords: Young Adult Cupples & Leon Company Art Drawing Book Painting Book
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Title: The Sunbonnet Twins Painting and Drawing Book. Fun and Instruction for Little Folks.
Description: New York, NY: Cupples & Leon Company, 1917. Trade Edition. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. This is an original Sunbonnet Twins painting book. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some rubbing, bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean, but a number of the pages have been colored in / painted in. There is a previous owner's name and date inked on the front inside cover. (Dated 1927) "Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist. She may have also studied with Howard Pyle. By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California. Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets. Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position. Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face." " (from Wikipedia). Very Good- .
Keywords: Young Adult Cupples & Leon Company Art Drawing Book Painting Book
Price: US$ 40.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 47313
- Book number: 47313
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