David BensonArt Deco

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Not quite Art Deco but interesting. Virginia Frances Sterrett, 1900-1931was and American artist born in Chicago.
''At fourteen, unthoughtful of achievement and ambition, friends persuaded her to send her drawings to the Kansas State Fair. To
her surprise, she won first prize in three different categories. The originality of her drawings — which, throughout her life, came
to her as visions she felt she was merely channeling onto the page with her pen and brush.....''
From The Marginalian
Virginia Frances Sterrett died on June 8, 1931, of tuberculosis.