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GARTH WILLIAMS.
Endpaper drawing for Charlotte’s Web. Pen and ink with pencil and wash on paper.
343x419 mm; 13
1
/
2
x16
1
/
2
inches, image size. Signed in full by Williams in pencil lower
right. Printer’s pen and pencil measurements and indications. Circa 1952.
[10,000/15,000]
THE MOST FAMOUS SPIDERWEB IN LITERATURE
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While a loose, organic design, it is actually extremely
difficult and painstaking to draw a spider’s web in proper proportion butWilliams’s became an icon.His most
famous work appeared in 1952 and has since remained a bestselling title, with movies and cartoon versions
as well.The marginal indications in blue pen state:“Print in reverse, on color — white web with dew drops.”
Crop marks, measurements, and the book’s gutter fold area are also indicated in the bottom margin.
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287 (detail)