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22" (56 cm.) x 15". Monochromatic crayon drawing on heavy art board depicts Shirley Temple wearing a costume from "Heidi", holding a little goat in her arms, and inscribed "With all my love to Shirley Temple, Jade Pasteur, October 18, 1938". Born in America in 1914 to French and Russian immigrant parents (her mother claiming to be a direct descendant of Louis Pasteur, thus inspiring Jade to use this last name), Jade Pasteur was both an accomplished American portrait painter and a dancer who appeared in 15 MGM films mostly during 1930s at which time she likely made the acquaintance of Shirley Temple. Throughout her long and storied career she painted, mostly on commission, notable celebrities and performers.