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Christmas Procession.
Original Watercolor with pen and ink on illustration board. Signed. 11 x 7 1/2 inches. Museum mounted, framed and glazed. A beautiful watercolor rendering of Santa and four elves delivering toys through a snow-covered forest. This is one of those early Hague watercolors in which he demonstrates his mastery of a finely detailed watercolor technique. Drawn by Hague for Sunrise Publications who reproduced it on one of their 1979 Christmas cards. Price $4200
Cheshire Cat
Original Watercolor with pen and ink on paper. Signed. 5 1/2 x 2 inches. This animated drawing shows a the head of the Cheshire Cat floating in the air. Mr. Hague worked as an illustrator for textbook and greeting card companies early in his career. This watercolor was drawn for a children's reader published by the Open Court Publishing Company in 1979.
Price: $420
Executive Tiger
Original Watercolor with pen and ink on illustration board. Signed. 6 x 4 inches. A 'spiffy' looking tiger with his blue suit and matching derby hat, pince-nez glasses and red carnation boutonniere. This lively drawing was reproduced on a Sunrise greeting card. Price: $1020.00
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An Insect Gathering.
Watercolor with pen and ink on paper. Signed. 6 x 3 1/2 inches. This animated drawing shows a gathering of ants and a hatted grasshoper. Mr. Hague worked as an illustrator for textbook and greeting card companies early in his career. This watercolor was drawn for a children's reader published by the Open Court Publishing Company in 1978. Price $420
Doggy Reflections Watercolor with pen and ink on paper. Signed. 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. This animated drawing shows a dog with a bone in his mouth looking at his reflection in a pond. Mr. Hague worked as an illustrator for textbook and greeting card companies early in his career. This watercolor was drawn for a children's reader published by the Open Court Publishing Company in 1978.
Price: $420.00
The Winged Ape
Watercolor with pen and ink on illustration board. Signed. 14 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. Framed and glazed. Reproduced as a full-color illustration on page 49 ofthe book, The Queen of the Black Coast, West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald Grant, 1978. A large and exciting drawing of a giant winged ape confronting Conan in the science fiction story by Robert E. Howard. This was the first book illustrated by Michael Hague who has since become one of America's foremost illustrators of children's books. $4200
Native With Elf'
Watercolor with pen and ink on illustration board. Signed. 10 x 7 1/2 inches. A nativesits in a forest scene tasting a leaf while an elf brings him another one. This fine watercolor was used as the cover illustration for the 1976 Heinlin Science Fiction Convention catalog. Price $3600
Girl In Forest With Teddy Bears
Watercolor with pen and ink on illustration board. Signed. 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. This finely executed drawing shows a young girl walking through the woods with two teddy bears. She is surrounded by Rackham-like trees with a castle appearing in the background through an opening in the woods. The castle is very similar to that drawn by Arthur Rackham in his book, Undine. This is a very early watercolor by Hague with his signature, Michael Riley Hague, printed at the bottom of the drawing. Price: $3000
Wizard Rising Out of the Ocean
From Necklace of Falling Stars. Pen and ink on illustration board. Signed. 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches. This fine drawing was reproduced as a full-page illustration in Hague's book, Necklace of Falling Stars, Boston: Little Brown, 1979. $600
Giant and Bunny Exchanging Valentines
Watercolor with pen and ink on illustration board. Signed. 11 x 8 inches. Drawn in the 1970's for a Sunrise valentine card. A giant sits on a rock in a forest holding a large red heart fringed with lace, while a small bunny approaches in the foreground with a smaller version of the same valentine. This is one of those early Hague watercolors in which he demonstrates his mastery of a finely detailed watercolor technique. His rendering of the moss-covered rocks in the foreground of the drawing is especially effective. $4200
