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Illustration design for The Web in the Grass:"That night...a moth few into her tangle of threads....The sun came up and...tiny dewdrops hung there, sparkling..."
Illustration design for The Web in the Grass:"That night...a moth few into her tangle of threads....The sun came up and...tiny dewdrops hung there, sparkling..."
Illustration design for The Web in the Grass:"That night...a moth few into her tangle of threads....The sun came up and...tiny dewdrops hung there, sparkling..."

Illustration design for The Web in the Grass:"That night...a moth few into her tangle of threads....The sun came up and...tiny dewdrops hung there, sparkling..."

Artist Roger Duvoisin (American, born in Switzerland, 1900-1980)
Author Berniece Freschet (American, active 20th century)
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons (American, founded 1846)
Date1972
CultureAmerican
MediumGouache, paper collage, pen and black ink, graphite on paper mounted on illustration board
DimensionsImage (page 22): 18.7 x 20.6 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.) Image (page 23): 18.7 x 21 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.) Sheet (page 22): 18.7 x 20.6 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.) Sheet (page 23): 18.7 x 21 cm (7 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.) Mount: 30 x 45.7 cm (11 13/16 x 18 in.)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of Louise Fatio Duvoisin
Object number85.014.005.10
Exhibition History- Donkey-donkey, Petunia, and Other Pals: Drawings by Roger Duvoisin, 07/11/2015-06/26/2016, Zimmerli Art Museum, Duvoisin Gallery
Collections
Illustration design for The Web in the Grass: "Her legs were long and slender...she began to make a web."
Illustration design for The Web in the Grass: "Her legs were long and slender...she began to make a web."
Roger Duvoisin
1972
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A fat toad... from The Web in the Grass
Roger Duvoisin
1972
Image Not Available for And somewhere... from The Web in the Grass
And somewhere... from The Web in the Grass
Roger Duvoisin
1972
Image Not Available for Around and around... from The Web in the Grass
Around and around... from The Web in the Grass
Roger Duvoisin
1972
Image Not Available for Suddenly the little..., illustration from The Web in the Grass
Suddenly the little..., illustration from The Web in the Grass
Roger Duvoisin
1972
Image Not Available for Book jacket illustration from The Web in the Grass
Book jacket illustration from The Web in the Grass
Roger Duvoisin
1972
Image Not Available for Alternate illustration design for Nubber Bear: "At the crooked pear tree Bat swooped down, striking the hive with its wings."
Alternate illustration design for Nubber Bear: "At the crooked pear tree Bat swooped down, striking the hive with its wings."
Roger Duvoisin
published 1966
Image Not Available for Illustration design for The Old Bullfrog, pages 28-29: "Plop! The old bullfrog splashed into the water."
Illustration design for The Old Bullfrog, pages 28-29: "Plop! The old bullfrog splashed into the water."
Roger Duvoisin
published 1968
Image Not Available for Illustration for Nubber Bear: "Then Nubber ran as he had never run before. ...He did not stop... until he was clear of the bees."
Illustration for Nubber Bear: "Then Nubber ran as he had never run before. ...He did not stop... until he was clear of the bees."
Roger Duvoisin
published 1966
Image Not Available for "As Mark picked up the bird to look at it, Laird and his second came out of the gulch," Illustration design for America's Mark Twain
"As Mark picked up the bird to look at it, Laird and his second came out of the gulch," Illustration design for America's Mark Twain
Lynd Ward
c. 1962
"D" and "E" Page Designs for A for the Ark
"D" and "E" Page Designs for A for the Ark
Roger Duvoisin
1952
Image Not Available for Moth from Bugs
Moth from Bugs
Nancy Winslow Parker
1987