VINTAGE "LITTLE JACK HORNER" PEN & INK ILLUSTRATION ART 
WHIMSICAL MID-CENTURY NURSERY RHYME DRAWING - VERNON GRANT STYLE

UP FOR AUCTION IS A BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED, HIGHLY DETAILED VINTAGE MONOCHROME PEN, INK, AND WASH ILLUSTRATION DEPICTING THE CLASSIC MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYME CHARACTER, LITTLE JACK HORNER. 

THIS WHIMSICAL PIECE FEATURES THE ICONIC ARTISTIC STYLE POPULARIZED BY MASTER COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATOR VERNON GRANT (FAMOUS CREATOR OF KELLOGG’S RICE KRISPIES MASCOTS SNAP, CRACKLE, AND POP). IT SHOWCASES JACK SITTING IN A CORNER WITH HIS CHRISTMAS PIE, TRIUMPHANTLY HOLDING A GIANT PLUM ON HIS THUMB.

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE & CONTEXT:
THIS HAND-DRAWN ARTWORK MATCHES THE EXACT LINEWORK AND LAYOUT USED TO PRODUCE THE FAMOUS 1938 KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES "LITTLE JACK HORNER" MAIL-IN PREMIUM PRINT SERIES. WHILE THE MASS-MARKETED 1938 VERSIONS WERE DISTRIBUTED AS FULL-COLOR LITHOGRAPH POSTERS, THIS PIECE REPRESENTS THE RARE, HAND-RENDERED MASTER LINE-AND-WASH ADVERTISING ARTWORK FROM WHICH THE PUBLISHING PLATES WERE ORIGINAL CONCEPTUALIZED. THIS IS A SPECTACULAR, LARGE-FORMAT HISTORICAL PIECE OF 1930S AMERICAN COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING HISTORY!

ITEM DETAILS:
* OVERALL MAT SIZE: 28" X 22"
* MEDIUM: PEN AND INK WITH GRAY WASH/SHADING ON HEAVY PAPER/ILLUSTRATION BOARD. 
* SIGNATURE: UNSIGNED.
* CONDITION: THE ARTWORK ITSELF DISPLAYS EXCELLENT, CRISP INK CONTRAST. THE SURROUNDING VINTAGE CREAM-COLOURED MAT SHOWS SOME MINOR AGE-TONING AND EDGE WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE, BUT THE ART REMAINED WELL-PRESERVED UNDER THE WINDOW. 

FRAMING, BACKING & MAT CONDITION:
* VERSO (BACK): THE BACK DISPLAYS PERIOD-AUTHENTIC BROWN GUMMED PAPER TAPE SEALING THE ILLUSTRATION WITHIN THE MAT WINDOW. THE PAPER SHOWS NATURAL, SLIGHT LINEAR WAVING/COCKLING VISIBLE FROM THE BACK—A CLASSIC CHARACTERISTIC OF VINTAGE PAPER FIBERS REACTING ORGANICALLY TO HEAVY LIQUID INK AND WASH APPLICATIONS. NO MODERN ADHESIVE, PLASTIC TAPES, OR CONTEMPORARY BACKING BOARDS ARE PRESENT, CONFIRMING ITS MID-CENTURY PERIOD INTEGRITY.

AUTHENTICITY NOTE: 
THIS PIECE FEATURES INCREDIBLE HAND-DRAWN PHYSICAL TEXTURES, FAINT GRAPHITE PENCIL UNDER-DRAWINGS AROUND THE EAR, OPAQUE WHITE GOUACHE HIGHLIGHTS ON THE HOLLY BERRIES, AND MULTI-LAYERED WASH SHADING THAT PROVE IT IS AN ORIGINAL HAND-RENDERED ILLUSTRATION STUDY RATHER THAN A FLAT, MASS-PRODUCED LITHOGRAPH PRINT. BECAUSE IT LACKS A SIGNATURE OR FORMAL COA, IT IS BEING STRICTLY SOLD AS ATTRIBUTED TO / IN THE STYLE OF VERNON GRANT. PLEASE REVIEW THE HIGH-RESOLUTION CLOSE-UP PHOTOS CAREFULLY TO JUDGE THE SURFACE TEXTURE AND MEDIUM FOR YOURSELF.

A FANTASTIC, LARGE-FORMAT STATEMENT PIECE FOR COLLECTORS OF MID-CENTURY COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATION, NURSERY RHYME MEMORABILIA, OR VINTAGE CARTOON ART!


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