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for “Other nights Sammy lingered by the wide fireplace listening to the moaning sound of his aunt’s spinning wheel, or he joined the many children gathered in the kitchen. Negroes sat there telling fearsome stories of Old Raw Head and Bloody Bones—or the tale of the ‘Golden Arm’.”
Illustration design for America’s Mark Twain
“Other nights Sammy lingered by the wide fireplace listening to the moaning sound of his aunt’s spinning wheel, or he joined the many children gathered in the kitchen. Negroes sat there telling fearsome stories of Old Raw Head and Bloody Bones—or the tale of the ‘Golden Arm’.”
Illustration design for America’s Mark Twain
Artist
Lynd Ward
(American, 1905-1985)
Author
May McNeer
(American, 1902 - 1994)
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(Boston, Massachusetts, founded 1880)
Datec. 1962
CultureAmerican
MediumGray gouache heightened with white over graphite on illustration board
DimensionsImage: 13.6 x 29.8 cm (5 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Sheet (board): 17.7 x 35.4 cm (6 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)
Mat: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineTransfer from Rutgers University Libraries
Object number85.005.010.001
Exhibition History- Lynd Ward Draws Stories: Inspired by Mexico's History, Mark Twain, and Adventures in the Woods, 07/07/2012-08/30/2013, Zimmerli Art Museum, Duvoisin Gallery
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