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Dr. Christie was and continues to be the only individual authorized by the Gutmann family to provide information on BPG's life and works. As an early admirer of her work, information on her life was almost non-existent. Therefore years of research was done including interviews with the family and many trips to various archives for information. In 1990, Bessie Pease Gutmann:Her Life and Works was published by Wallace-Homestead Book Company of Radnor, Pennsylvania. Victor Christie's years of research was finally materialized in this now out-of-print book. Bessie's illustrator artwork is continuing to gain appreciation with yet another generation of admirers.   Dad is a retired 'Superintendent of Schools'. Well if you call running a home based business and taking care of 4 cats... retired ! He lives in PA and spends a great deal of time searching for Gutmanns and writing. His catolog originally issued in 1987 and is now available as the Gutmann and Gutmann Artists 4th edition with new revisions and finds on Gutmann, Grimball and Doench. Also included are other G & G artists: Bernhard Gutmann, Valentine Sandberg and George White.   I have recently taken a position as a Special Education Teacher for Prince William County Public Schools. I am living in Manassas, Virginia. I buy and sell the artwork of Harrison Fisher, Atkinson Fox and M. A. Parkinson. I also buy and sell celluloid boxes from the turn of the century. Please feel free to contact either of us and we wish you all the best in the search for the beautiful work of Bessie Pease Gutmann.....pcm