SOLD--Spring Lambs II by Virginia Lee Burton

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SOLD--Spring Lambs II by Virginia Lee Burton

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A black and white hand block print on paper of the Folly Cove Designers' Spring Lambs II pattern by Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios, circa 1951, depicting a grid of 16 vignettes of stylized sheep with their frolicking baby lambs, within stylized floral birders with birds. New archival framing with high quality white-washed ash frame and UV-resistant glass.

This is a unique edition of 1, printed in 1969 by fellow Folly Cove Designer, Mary Maletskos.

Provenance: The family of a former Folly Cove Designer

Height: 25 1/4” Width: 19 3/4” Depth: 1 1/2”

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The Folly Cove Designers were founded in Gloucester, Massachusetts by Virginia Lee Burton, the celebrated children's book author and illustrator who wrote "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel," "The Little House" and "Mabel the Cable Car," among other classics, which have never gone out of print. They collaborated from 1941 to 1969. After drawing a design which was then approved by a jury of Folly Cove Designers, linoleum blocks were hand carved and then hand printed using a giant Acorn press. The group achieved great success and sold their prints nationwide, but always preferred to stay small. Production of these textiles ceased in 1968 when Virginia Lee Burton died. Examples of their work are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA, among other museums and collections, public and private. They have been the subject of films, articles and exhibitions in the United States and Japan where they have an avid following.