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Two Frederic Gruger illustrations

(Frederic Rodrigo Gruger, Pennsylvania, 1871-1953): "That's Fur Me to Know and for You to Find Out" for Irvin S. Cobb, "The Smart Aleck", published in [The Saturday Evening Post,] July 18, 1914, page 5, signed lower left "F.R. Gruger", graphite and wash on card, 12-7/8 x 9-3/4 in., modern frame, [toning, taped at all edges;] "'Don't cry! It's not your fault you're ugly'" Susie wailed the louder", from Galsworthy, [Jane's First Lame Duck,] published in the [Delineator,] April, 1929, illustrated page 11, graphite on paper laid on card, publication notes verso, 13 x 11 in., wood frame, [grime, toning.] Both frames with abrasions. Provenance: The Estate of the Late Margaret D. Gruger, Anderson, South Carolina. See Bennard Perlman, [The Golden Age of American Illustration: F.R. Gruger and His Circle], North Light Publishers, Westport, Connecticut, 1978, illustrated on page 143.