Worth Brehm

Back to catalogue Place Bid or Track Lot Lot No: 6 Worth Brehm (American, 1883-1928) "Roddy joined the scuffle, trying to retainthe horn," illustration for Booth Tarkington's "Horn of Fame," Cosmopolitan , October 1916. With a reference photograph oftwo boys struggling for the horn, taken by the artist. Signed. Charcoal on illustration board. 57 x 37cm (22 7/16 x 14 9/16in). Matted and framed. Estimate: US$3,000 - 4,000 Footnote: The most enduring works of Pulitzer Prize winner Booth Tarkingtonare his three Penrod books. A cross between Tom Sawyer and Peck'sBad Boy, eleven-year-old Penrod delighted both young and adultreaders with his amusing adventures in a typical Midwestern townbefore World War I. Worth Brehm was a highly admired American bookand magazine illustrator best known for his pictures for Penrodand Sam (1916) and Mark Twain's Adventures of HuckleberryFinn (1923). This and the following illustration appeared onlyin the magazine serialization of Penrod and Sam . Brehm'sreputation as an artist might have equaled that of hiscontemporaries had he not died so young. Dr. Alexander Nemerov ofthe Department of the History of Art at Yale University has praisedBrehm's ability to "immerse himself in a story with thespontaneous, unselfconscious concentration." To subscribe to or order a Printed Catalogue quote ref:19514 Tel: +1 800 223 2854 ext 3550

Back to catalogue Place Bid or Track Lot Lot No: 7 Worth Brehm (American, 1883-1928) "'Quee-yut!' Penrod shouted, grasping thehandle of the rake so that Sam could not use it," illustration forBooth Tarkington's "Salvage," Cosmopolitan , July 1915. Signed. Charcoal on illustration board. 57 x 37cm (22 7/16 x 14 9/16in). Matted and framed. Estimate: US$3,000 - 4,000 To subscribe to ororder a Printed Catalogue quote ref: 19514 Tel: +1 800 223 2854 ext 3550