first edition Hardcover
1970 · Boston
by DILLION, Leo and Diane (aka The Dillons). (LEFFLAND, Ella)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Original acrylic and watercolor art for *Mrs. Munck* by The Dillions, the husband and wife art team, Leo and Diane Dillion. Image matted to approximately 11½" x 17". Unsigned. Fine. Accompanied by a first edition copy of the book. Bookplate on the front fly, else fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. The Dillons were an interracial couple who first met at the Parson's School of Design and worked in close collaboration on much of their work. The pair won consecutive Caldecott Medals (the only artist to do so) in 1976 and 1977 and have been recognized for the ethnic diversity in the art. (Inventory #: 81211)