GARTH WILLIAMS ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY DUST JACKET ILLUSTRATION FOR "THE TALL BOOK OF MAKE BELIEVE"
GARTH WILLIAMS. 1st Edition. No Binding.
GARTH WILLIAMS, (AMERICAN 1912-1996)
AN ORIGINAL GARTH WILLIAMS STUNNING PRELIMINARY DRAWING FOR THE DUST JACKET OF "THE TALL BOOK OF MAKE BELIEVE:
A stunning original preliminary drawing by Garth Williams for the dust jacket cover design. The drawing is of the boy and girl, floating down a river in an upside down table. The boy is standing and rowing, while wearing a folded paper hat. The girl is holding her teddy bear and her doll and is wearing a ring of flowers on her head. The art is rendered in graphite on heavy tracing paper/vellum. Beautifully signed in full signature by Garth Williams “Garth Williams”, below the art. Next to the boys head is a note of "up a fraction". The image to the right shows the book with the dust jacket as a reference only, the book does NOT come with the art.
The sheet measures 9" x 6"
Condition: The sheet is on lightly age toned vellum, has strong vibrant graphite and has a bit of smudging.
Provenance: The art was originally acquired from Heritage auctions, and a copy of the invoice will be included with the artwork.
The art is in excellent condition and would be stunning framed.
**Garth Williams was a prominent illustrator of several of the most prominent children’s books including Stuart Little (1945), Charolette’s Web (1952), The Cricket In Times Square, and The Rescuers (1959). Many of his original illustrations from these book have sold attaining high premiums, including his original illustration of the dust jacket for Charolette’s Web which realized $155,000 at auction in 2010, and between $10,000 and $45,000 for original artwork of the interior pages. Other notable auction pricing of Williams original illustrations include sales of the original artwork for the interior pages of Stuart Little which also averaged in the $15,000 range per piece.
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. Near Fine. Item #3288Price: $950.00