Watercolor on paper, signed at lower right, matted and framed under glass.

Sight sized 8 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.; Frame dimensions 15 1/4 x 18 in.

Private Collection, Laurinburg, North Carolina

Maud and Miska Petersham began creating children's books together after the birth of their first son. Maud would write the story, which Miska would then illustrate. Their book, The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles won the 1945 Caldecott medal.

Light toning to sheet; foxing to backboard; not examined out of the frame.