Saturday, January 30, 2010
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
Antique SKULL Print w INK POEM, W W Denslow of ROYCROFT-sold $236
William Wallace Denslow, a cranky old coot who smoked a corncob pipe and chewed tobacco, was the first professional artist to join the ranks of Elbert Hubbard’s Roycroft shop, but he became very well known for another endeavor. He was the illustrator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum. And that’s not all by any means. His biography is worth reading just to get a feel for this old boy’s cantankerousness.
