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Sale 2574 | Lot 94
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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
BRIAN FROUD (1947- )
"One day I saw a large bunch of twigs . . . bound in cobwebs and hanging by a thin thread." Double panel illustration, Plate number 12, published in The Land of Froud, edited by David Larkin (New York: Peacock Press/Bantam Books, 1977). Watercolor, gouache, and ink on board. 580x398 mm; 23x15 3/4 inches (measurement panels together), on 25x18-inch watercolor board. Signed "Brian Froud `76" in lower left of main image. Matted and archivally framed.
Provenance: The artist to collector and publisher of Ballantyne Books, Betty Ballantine, thence by her estate to private collection, New York.
"One day I saw a large bunch of twigs . . . bound in cobwebs and hanging by a thin thread." Double panel illustration, Plate number 12, published in The Land of Froud, edited by David Larkin (New York: Peacock Press/Bantam Books, 1977). Watercolor, gouache, and ink on board. 580x398 mm; 23x15 3/4 inches (measurement panels together), on 25x18-inch watercolor board. Signed "Brian Froud `76" in lower left of main image. Matted and archivally framed.
Provenance: The artist to collector and publisher of Ballantyne Books, Betty Ballantine, thence by her estate to private collection, New York.
Condition:
Rich, strong, unfaded watercoloring, clean surface with some visible but miniscule areas of protective glaze.
Main image measures 20¼x15¼ inches;
Lower Banner: 2x15¼ inches