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Jimmy Swinnerton

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Jimmy Swinnerton
Jimmy Swinnerton (1875-1974). Two works framed together: Near-to-Nature Babies. Each 5 ½" x 9 ¼" mixed media. Verso: Titled, "Ran in the Good Housekeeping Magazine Monthly from 1927-1930."
"Sad it is for the giraffe-
Sad is right, so please don't laugh
I guess you, too, would howl and whoop
If, with his neck, you had the croup."
"The baby "Porky" wants to grow
A lot of fine sharp stickers so
He may with utmost grace and ease
Stick almost everything he sees."
Provenance: Ran in the Good Housekeeping Magazine Monthly from 1927-1930. Includes Book Jimmy Swinnerton, The Artist and His Work by Harold G. Davidson.