Autograph Signature of British Artist and Illustrator Helen Binyon
1930s
by BINYON, HELEN
1930s. Original autograph signature of British artist and illustrator Helen Binyon, written in vintage fountain pen ink on a 4” x 3” piece of paper. Fine. Helen Binyon was the daughter of English poet, dramatist, and scholar, Laurence Binyon, who developed a career as an artist and illustrator, studying with Paul Nash and Eric Ravilious. She illustrated many books for the Oxford University Press, and was also a marionettist and teacher of puppetry. Some of the books she illustrated include,The Picnic, A Wet Afternoon, Polly & Jane's Houses, andThe Railway Journey and she is the author of Eric Ravilious: Memoir of an Artist. (Inventory #: 16826E)