“The Man In The Moon” Art By Violet Moore Higgins-1929

“The Man In The Moon” Art By Violet Moore Higgins-1929

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“The Man In The Moon” art by Violet Moore Higgins. Beautiful black and white drawing. This is the original page from a 1929 book: “Red Network Stories for Children”. Published by Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio and New York. Printed in U.S.A. This page also includes the short poem: The Man in the Moon looked down at the earth, With a smile that was gay and pensive; “I’d like to visit that place,” he said, “But traveling’s so very expensive.”

I salvaged this page from the damaged book and matted it to 8″ x 10″ in a black embossed mat. See photo and scan attached. Would look great in children’s room.

There are so many wonderful drawings, sketches and artwork in many of these old books. I try to save some of the ones that interest me the most. Hope you see the same value in preserving some of this work that will probably be gone forever if we don’t take steps to preserve it.

Page is in good condition other that the yellowing that happens to lots of old paper. Materials I use are acid-free, so page should last for many years to come in same condition. I have mounted page and mat on white foamcore. It is ready to frame and enjoy. You are bidding on the original book page. It will not be copied in any way to sell again.

Some info on this artist:

Violet Moore Higgins attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s, and then settled in New York as an illustrator for children’s books and magazines. She has illustrated books like ‘Pinocchio’, ‘Heidi’, ‘Hans Brinker’ and ‘The Three Bears’. In the 1910s she made ‘Picture Puzzle Nursery Rhymes’ for the Boston Globe. Her feature ‘Drowsy Dick’ was published in the New York World and syndicated by New York World Press Publishing in 1926-27. In 1946-47 she illustrated Bible stories, fables and activity pages in the Treasure Chest comic book. In the 1950s, she drew a children’s feature for the Associated Press called ‘Junior Editors’, which ran until her death in 1967.