LOT #6188 |
Sold on Jan 21, 2006 for: Not Sold
Virgil Finlay - "A Midsummer's Night Dream" Sketch Original Art, Group of 42 (Popular Fiction Publishing Co., 1935). Virgil ...
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Virgil Finlay - "A Midsummer's Night Dream" Sketch Original Art, Group of 42 (Popular Fiction Publishing Co., 1935). Virgil Finlay imaginative and appealing illustrations make the unknowable seem so immediate and real. His distinct, jewel-like renditions employ the painstaking stipple and crosshatching technique of an earlier era of illustration. From his gorgeous women to his terrifying monsters, to scenes from legendary pasts and fantastic futures, Finlay's delicate, precise style is truly inspiring. In addition to commissioning Finlay to draw multiple illustrations in nearly every issue of Weird Tales through 1939, its editor, Farnsworth Wright, chose him to illustrate the first in a proposed series of illustrated reprints of Shakespeare's plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream, which was published in 1936. Contained in this 5" x 7" sketchbook (with a hand-drawn cover), is a stellar selection of 42 preliminary studies that Finlay created for the project. There is a bit of aging apparent, otherwise, the work is in Very Good condition.Auction Info
2006 January Comic Auction #819 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
January, 2006
19th-21st
Thursday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 7
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