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Harrison Cady - Peter Rabbit "Boisterous Barbecue" Only Known Surviving Painting (1935).

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Harrison Cady - Peter Rabbit  Boisterous Barbecue  Only Known Surviving Painting (1935).
<B>Harrison Cady - Peter Rabbit "Boisterous Barbecue" Only Known Surviving Painting (1935).</B></I> This incredible painting is a demonstration of complicated ink and watercolor work done to perfection. There is no white-out used, and the extreme range of colors didn't run. Harrison Cady expertly adapted Peter Rabbit to the newspaper strips from the popular book series in 1920, and he did the long-running Sunday strip from 1920 to 1948. This painting may be the best work of its kind. You'll have trouble counting the myriad of characters and humorous situations. We're not sure how many hours Cady spent drawing, inking, and coloring this piece, but it's obvious why there aren't more illustrations like this around! "Boisterous Barbecue" is a picnic seen through the eyes of Peter Rabbit. It is the only full-size Harrison painting known to exist. Signed and dated 1935, this was originally published in full color. It measures 24.5" x 17.25", and is in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.