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14" (36 cm.) x 11". The delicately colored gouache depicts a smiling Shirley Temple leaning forward as she sprinkles flowers with the watering can held in her arms. On heavy stock with Strathmore paper watermark, and bearing the autographed inscription, "The only actress who sits on my lap. G.S. Yorke". Excellent condition, framed under glass. G.S. Yorke was the advertising manager of Fox in New York at this time, and either commissioned or painted this charming painting which was inspired by a similar publicity photograph of Shirley. The publicity photo (included with this lot) was distributed by Fox in 1934 to national print media along with the tagline, "What flower would be so contrary as not to grow for adorable Shirley Temple?" The image appeared in dozens of journals including the New York Times Pictorial, the Boston Post, and the Paris Beauty View throughout 1934.