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cover art by Reginald Heade

Sweetheart With a Wreath, paperback cover, 1953
Watercolor and gouache on board with paper appliqué
14.25 x 9.25 in. (sight)
Signed lower left


This painting, originally depicting a blonde, was published as the cover for Curves Cause Trouble by Gene Ross, Leisure Library #21, 1953. The work was subsequently published as the cover of Sweetheart With a Wreath by Michael Storme, Harborough, 1953, for which the image was manipulated to illustrate a darker haired female in a black tiara.

Eagle-Lion Films, 1946

Green for Danger (Eagle Lion, 1946). Very Fine+ on Linen. One Sheet (27″ X 41″).
Starring Alastair Sim, Leo Genn, Trevor Howard, Sally Gray, Rosamund John, and Judy Campbell. Directed by Sidney Gilliat.

Adapted from the 1944 Christina Brand novel of the same name