GARTH WILLIAMS~LARGE STUNNING ORIGINAL COVER ART WATERCOLOR PAINTING~ ANIMAL ABC

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GARTH WILLIAMS~LARGE STUNNING ORIGINAL COVER ART WATERCOLOR PAINTING~ ANIMAL ABC:
$1295.00

GARTH WILLIAMS PRELIMINARY \"COVER\' WATERCOLOR PAINTING
FOR \"ANIMAL ABC\"

GARTH WILLIAMS, (AMERICAN 1912-1996)

ASTUNNING LARGE DETAILEDPRELIMINARY \'COVER\', WATERCOLOR ILLUSTRATION from \"ANIMAL ABC\"

WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, 14\" X 8\"

Alarge stunning preliminary cover watercolor pieceby Garth Williams, from the book, ANIMAL ABC. The art is rendered in vibrant watercolors on paper and shows both the front and back panel concepts for the book. A beautiful piece with a lot of detail showing the monkey hugging the zebra in the front panel, and the 3 mice carrying the ABC blocks on the rear panel. A stunning richly color toned watercolor illustration. Signed in full signature.

PROVENANCE: The artwas purchasedfrom an sale house, who in turn acquired these pieces direct from the estate of Garth Williams. Each piece is an original and sold directly from his estate. A copy of the original invoice will be included with each piece, and will provide both provenance and authenticity for the art.

The art is inexcellent 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), Charlotte\'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 Charlotte\'s Web which realized $155,000 at sale in 2010, and between $10,000 and $75,000 for original artwork of the interior pages. Other notable sale 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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