Lot 347AR
ARDIZZONE (EDWARD) The complete original artwork for "Diana and Her Rhinoceros", [c.1964]
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4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £37,562.50 inc. premium
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ARDIZZONE (EDWARD)
The complete original artwork for "Diana and Her Rhinoceros", on 18 sheets (of which some 2 parts joined), comprising: 14 original watercolours on 9 sheets (including front and back cover design, and 2 large double-page images); 16 original pen and ink illustrations on 9 sheets, most with printed text pasted in margins, occasional proof correction notes in pencil or pen relating to text and layout, "Bodley Head" pictorial stamp on verso of most sheets, overall double-page sheet dimensions approximately 257 x 570mm., [c.1964]
Footnotes
"DIANA AND HER RHINOCEROS" - THE COMPLETE ARTWORK of a classic of children's literature that Ardizzone both wrote and illustrated, "inspired by his daugher Christianna's children and her home in Richmond" (Gabriel White, Edward Ardizzone, 1979, illustrating a watercolour on pp.150-151). Published in 1964 it is in some ways a precursor in mood and theme of Judith Kerr's The Tiger that Came to Tea (1968), telling the story of the calm reaction of a young girl, Diana, when a rhinoceros appears in her suburban house, after which a beautiful lifelong relationship ensues between the two.
Provenance: Edward Ardizzone, and by descent to present owner.
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