Thomas Handforth Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Thomas Handforth Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 25, 2025
Lot of Three Prints - Handforth, Seon, Grant.
Est: $150 - $250
This lot contains three prints: cambodian dancers, a lithograph by Thomas Schofield Handforth (American, 1897-1948); "The Nets" a woodcut by Moy Seong (Chinese, 1921-2013); and "Shore Patrol", a lithograph by Gordon Hope Grant (American, 1875-1962). Paperwork: Each are pencil signed in their lower margins. Condition: The lot is in good overall condition, with minor wear to the frames. Measurement(s): 18" x 20 1/2" (smallest), 22 1/2" x 18 1/2" (largest). In-house shipping is available. Please see our website regarding our in-house shipping procedures.
Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.
Jun. 27, 2025
THOMAS HANDFORTH (1897-1948) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING
Est: $100 - $200
Thomas Handforth (1897-1948) Promenade #2 Signed lower right front. This fine and clean example has been archivally matted and framed in a sharp black molding. Image measures 6.75 x 7.5 with a framed size of 17.5H x 18W inches. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Soulis Auctions
Feb. 16, 2025
Paul Landacre Woodcut Forrest Girl Nude in Jungle
Est: $200 - $300
Paul Hambleton Landacre (1893 - 1963); Woodcut engraving, "Forrest Girl" (Nude in Jungle) dated (c) 1936 and signed plus monogram to bottom edge of art; matted and framed with American Artist Group label for this work affixed to back of frame. Height of art 8 1/2 inches (21.5 cm.) X width of art 6 inches (15.2 cm.).
Eddie's Auction
Oct. 16, 2024
Thomas Handforth (2) Original Drawings [Chinese]
Est: $100 - $200
Thomas Handforth (American, 1897-1948) two (2) original drawings. Includes: 'Chinese Scene' (landscape with animals) is signed lower right and measures 11.375 in. x 8.75 in. (chips to corners); and untitled with two (2) people is signed lower left and sheet measures 8.75 in. x 11.25 in. (lower right corner bent and light smudging to edges). Very good to Excellent condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Sep. 15, 2024
Engravings, Platt Hubbard, Thomas Handforth
Est: $300 - $500
Three engravings, to include: Platt Hubbard (American, 1889-1946), Old Lyme tree-lined street; Thomas Handforth (American, 1897-1948), fawn; unknown artist, wintry scene. Largest 20" x 15". Provenance: Hamilton, Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Apr. 27, 2024
Thomas Handforth (American 1897-1948)
Est: $100 - $150
"Marion", etching on paper, numbered 32/50, in pencil lower left, artist signed lower right. Verso with tag from Korner & Wood Co., Cleveland, and biography of the artist. The artwork is matted and framed under glass. Dimensions: The sight size is apprx 7.-1/2 x 6-3/8", the plate marks are apprx 6-7/8 x 5-3/4 in., and the overall measurement framed is apprx 17 x 12-3/4 in. Condition: paper is toned, not inspected out of framing.
Neue Auctions
Jan. 10, 2024
Thomas Scofield Handforth, Elephants
Est: $100 - $200
Thomas Scofield Handforth, Elephants, American 1897 - 1948, pencil 2x's, 35/40, "Baby Elephants", paper size 11 1/2" x 16", mat 14" x 19". CONDITION: Light soiling on mat, light spot foxing on print.
Barry S. Slosberg Inc
Oct. 07, 2023
Thomas HANDFORTH: "The Virgin and Baby Jesus".
Est: $150 - $200
Thomas HANDFORTH (American, 1897-1948): "The Virgin and Baby Jesus Riding a Donkey on their Way to Egypt". Etching on laid paper. Signed in pencil. Plate size: 4 1/4 x 3 3/8 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Aug. 19, 2023
Thomas Handforth Limited Edition Print Mei Li
Est: -
Thomas Handforth Limited Edition Print Mei Li Caldecott Winner Chinese Man. Thomas Handforth(1897-1948) Limited Edition Print Pencil Signed by the artist. Handforth depicts a Chinese man with hands behind his back. Likely an image from the Caldecott Winning Mei Li which he wrote & illustrated. Sight dimensions are 4.25x10” overall 14.25x19.125.”
Terri Peters & Associates
Mar. 06, 2023
THOMAS HANDFORTH ETCHING
Est: -
THOMAS HANDFORTH (U.S., 1897-1945) ETCHING
O'Gallerie
Feb. 05, 2023
Thomas S. Handforth (1897-1948) Etching of an Asian Warrior
Est: $100 - $150
10 x 12.5 inches, sight, pencil signed. Framed, 14.75 x 17.25 inches.
Casco Bay Auctions
Dec. 02, 2022
Thomas Handforth Art Etching
Est: $100 - $10,000
Early 20th Century; Original, 14.75” x 17.5” OA frame, professionally framed and matted under glass, signed lower left Handforth, pencil signed 4-35 Thomas Handforth, overall condition is excellent and original, please view photos. Provenance: Reilly Estate Collection
Mebane Antique Auction
Oct. 30, 2022
Thomas Handforth (1897-1948) Cali, Etching
Est: $75 - $100
Thomas Handforth (1897-1948) Cali, EtchingThomas Handforth (1897 -1948) California, Etching. Pencil signed lower right. Dated 1876. Thomas Schofield Handforth was born in Tacoma, Washington on September 16, 1897. Handforth studied at the University of Washington and at L'Ecole des BeauxArts in Paris. He wrote, illustrated, and was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1939 for his book, Mei Li about his experiences in China. He died in Los Angeles County on October 19, 1948. Overall Size: 17 x 19 1/2 in.Sight Size: 9 x 11 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Oct. 30, 2022
Thomas Schofield Handforth (1897-1948) Cali Litho
Est: $80 - $120
Thomas Schofield Handforth (1897-1948) Cali LithoThomas Schofield Handforth (1897 -1948) Cali Litho. Signed lower left. Thomas Schofield Handforth was born in Tacoma, Washington on September 16, 1897. Handforth studied at the University of Washington and at L'Ecole des BeauxArts in Paris. He wrote, illustrated, and was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1939 for his book, Mei Li about his experiences in China. He died in Los Angeles County on October 19, 1948. Overall Size: 17 x 19 1/2 in.Sight Size: 9 x 11 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
Jul. 14, 2022
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
May. 26, 2022
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Apr. 28, 2022
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Mar. 31, 2022
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Mar. 10, 2022
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Jan. 27, 2022
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Dec. 30, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Nov. 18, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Oct. 21, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Sep. 23, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Sep. 04, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Aug. 05, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Jul. 15, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Jun. 17, 2021
Thomas Handforth Etchings [Modernist]
Est: $100 - $200
Two (2) Thomas Schofield Handforth (Washington, California 1897-1948) etchings/aquatints. Both signed by artist in pencil lower right, and in plate lower left. Both editions '-50'. Two different states of the same image. Both measure 7.25-in. x 8.75-in. image size, 11.375-in. height, one 14.75-in. width and the other 15-in. sheet size. Smallest in VG condition with creases along both left and right margins and paper loss in upper right corner; largest in VG/VG+ condition. Unframed, loose and not mounted or glued down. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Jun. 17, 2021
Thomas Handforth Monotone Watercolor [Outdoors]
Est: $100 - $200
Thomas Schofield Handforth (Washington, California 1897-1948) original monotone watercolor. Signed by artist with paint lower left. Pencil drawing and some paint for a different scene on verso. Measures 11-in. x 15-in. sheet size. In VG/VG+ condition. Unframed, loose and not mounted or glued down. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Jun. 10, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
May. 13, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Mar. 31, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Mar. 04, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Jan. 28, 2021
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Dec. 30, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Dec. 03, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Nov. 05, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Oct. 08, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Sep. 10, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Aug. 13, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Jul. 30, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Jul. 09, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Jun. 11, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
May. 16, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Apr. 26, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Apr. 18, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Apr. 04, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books
Mar. 14, 2020
THOMAS HANDFORTH 1934 Signed Lithograph
Est: $200 - $300
Thomas Scofield Handforth (1897-1948) American artist and etcher. He wrote and illustrated the children's picture book Mei Li based on personal experience in China and won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for illustration. Mei Li is about a girl who escapes her traditional life in the Chinese countryside to visit a Chinese New Year fair. It has been reissued since 1938 and Handforth's magnificent drawings of China in the 1930s are still animated and compelling. In 1939, he was considered an expert on Oriental art. Books he illustrated included in Sidonie, Totou in Bondage and Tranquilinas Paradise. He was born in Tacoma, Washington studied art at the University of Washington. During World War I, served in France with the anatomical unit in the Army's Sanitary Corps. He later studied art at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts in France. He lived in various locations such as Paris, India, North Africa, Mexico and China. Offered here is an origional pencil signed lithograph, title is Island Boy or The Shell. Done in 1934, Lithograph, 1934. Image size 11 x 14 plus margins. The image area, the part that would show when framed, is in very good condition.
East Coast Books