REGINALD HEADE (English, 20th Century). Sweetheart With a Wreath, paperback cover, 1953. Watercolor and gouache on board... (Total: 4 Items)

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REGINALD HEADE (English, 20th Century)
Sweetheart With a Wreath, paperback cover, 1953
Watercolor and gouache on board with paper appliqué
14.25 x 9.25 in. (sight)
Signed lower left

From the Dan Roberts Collection

This painting, originally depicting a blonde, was published as the cover for Curves Cause Trouble by Gene Ross, Leisure Library #21, 1953. The work was subsequently published as the cover of Sweetheart With a Wreath by Michael Storme, Harborough, 1953, for which the image was manipulated to illustrate a darker haired female in a black tiara.

A copy of Sweetheart With a Wreath and two copies of Curves Cause Trouble accompany this lot.

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