Mary Adshead:
The Coracle 1953, from The Little Boys and their Boats
Mounted (ref: 7663)
Signed, inscribed and titled to reverse
Colored pencil and crayon
9 1/2 x 15 in. (24 x 38.2 cm)
Tags: Mary Adshead crayon pencil children leisure men Mary Adshead (1904-1995) & Stephen Bone (1904-1958)
Provenance: The Artist's Estate; Private collection
Literature: Clough, Mathew/ Compton, Ann, Earthly delights Mary Adshead 1904-1995, University of Liverpool Art Gallery, 2005
Bone and Adshead collaborated together upon three illustrated children’s books (The Little Boy and His House, 1936 / The Silly Snail and Other Stories, 1942 and The Little Boys and their Boats, 1953).
With thanks to Tom Wheare and James Bone
