Lot 73: HENRY DARGER (1892-1973)

Violet Goes on a Dangerous Mission Surprised Again double-sided: watercolor and graphite and collage on paper 183/4 x 921/2 in. (47.5 x 235 cm.) PROVENANCE Nathan Lerner, Chicago Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia LITERATURE F. Maresca and R. Ricco, American Self-Taught: Paintings and Drawings by Outsider Artisits, New York, 1993, p. 40-41 (illustrated in color). J. MacGregor, Henry Darger: Realms of the Unreal, New York, 2002, p. 402-403, pl. 7.27. SALESROOM NOTICE The catalogue illustration incorrectly shows the work as having paper loss at the lower edge. The actual work has no paper loss and the missing area should read as solid black.