STEVENSON, Robert Louis; Peder Severin Kroyer.
Robert Louis Stevenson and Peder Severin Kroyer Signed Portrait of Stevenson.
Rare Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson; Signed by him and the artist
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Rare portrait of the prolific writer Robert Louis Stevenson. Pencil bust portrait of the author on heavy wove paper. Signed in pencil by Stevenson on the lower margin. Additionally signed and dated by the artist on the lower right, "SKroyer Cernay la Ville 20 Juni 79." Double matted and framed. In fine condition. The piece measures 10 inches by 12.25 inches. An exceptional piece.
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. A literary celebrity during his lifetime, Stevenson now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J. M. Barrie and G. K. Chesterton,
Robert Louis Stevenson and Peder Severin Kroyer Signed Portrait of Stevenson.
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