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Set of illustrations for The Cock, The Mouse and The Little Red Hen
Auction: 04/11/2011
Lot: 92
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Tony Sarg AUCTION RECORDS
1882 Guatemala - 1942 New York City. Known for: Children's book illustration, marionette making, design.
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to draw, and at age 23, left Germany to live in England. In London, he worked for an ad agency and designed the famous lion trademark for Lyon's marmalade. He left the ad agency to draw for magazines,... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to draw, and at age 23, left Germany to live in England. In London, he worked for an ad agency and designed the famous lion trademark for Lyon's marmalade. He left the ad agency to draw for magazines, illustrating old jokes from newspaper files. After watching 50 performances by the great puppet master, Holden, in London, Sarg made some marionettes and established his own theatre at the Old Curiosity Shop. He came to this country in 1915 to illustrate... Read full biography
Tony Sarg was know as a children's book illustrator and for reviving the marionette theatre in the United States. When he was a young man, his father had wanted him to pursue a military career. At age 17 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the horse artillery of the German army. He loved to draw, and at age 23, left Germany to live in England. In London, he worked for an ad agency and designed the famous lion trademark for Lyon's marmalade. He left the ad agency to draw for magazines, illustrating old jokes from newspaper files. After watching 50 performances by the great puppet master, Holden, in London, Sarg made some marionettes and established his own theatre at the Old Curiosity Shop. He came to this country in 1915 to illustrate books, and design barber shops for children in department stores. Touring with marionettes in the 1920s made him... Read full biography
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