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Arthur Rackham

The Bailiff and his wife floating about in the air where thy'd been kicked by the Young Giant, 1917

Description

Maker

Title

The Bailiff and his wife floating about in the air where thy'd been kicked by the Young Giant

Year

1917

Medium

Pen and ink and watercolor, on off-white, medium weight wove paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

18.3 x 15.2 cm (7 3/16 x 6 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed, LL:Arthur Rackham; and beneath inscription at bottom of mount:Arthur Rackham

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.483

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Draw Me a Story

April 14 - July 23, 2006

The lengthy career of Arthur Rackham had a profound effect upon generations of children and their conception of fairy tales. Rackham believed in the fantastic and the poetic, advocating the exercise of imagination as a key part of a child’s education. This illustration appeared in a 1917 edition of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. The book appears in the case below. In this drawing, a giant may be discerned on the ground amongst a complex of buildings. He has just finished giving mighty “blows” to the farm’s bailiff (overseer) and his wife, a reward that the giant requested for his year’s worth of work. Captioned “When her husband saw her, he shouted, ‘Hi! Come to me here!’”, it shows the two surprised individuals who were doomed to float in the skies for the rest of their days.

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