Original painting by British author John le Carré of a scene from the German fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin, depicting the titular imp furious that the nearby queen had correctly guessed his name, accomplished in gouache and watercolor on a 15.5 x 13.25 sheet of artist paper, which is titled below in pencil, “Rumpelstiltskin,” and signed in the lower right in black ink by le Carré with his given first name, “David, ‘52.” Framed to a slightly larger size, with the frame backing annotated by an unknown hand: “Painted by David Cornwell (better known as John Le Carré) given to Anne Simpson, 27th May 1952.” In fine condition.
