ELAINE LOBL KONIGSBURG (American, 1930 - 2013). THE FIRST JUDITH, 2005, Mixed media (watercolor, gouache, pencil and ink) on paper. Pencil signed, dated and titled at base and with two red seals (lower right hand). Framed. Not examined out of paper.
ARTIST PROFILE: Konigsburg was an American writer and illustrator of children's books and young adult fiction. She is one of six writers to win two Newbery Medals, the venerable American Library Association award for the year's "most distinguished contribution to American children's literature." For her contribution as a children's writer Konigsburg was U.S. nominee in 2006 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books. - 32 x 25 inches; frame: 39 x 32 inches Estimate $60-80
