Lot 225: NEILL, JOHN R[EA]. 1877-1943. Original pen-and-ink drawing, "Number Nine," with wash drawing over pencil,

NEILL, JOHN R[EA]. 1877-1943.
Original pen-and-ink drawing, "Number Nine," with wash drawing over pencil, 235 x 180 mm. Matted and framed.Published: The Wonder City of Oz (Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1940), p. 279.Because the publishers hired a ghost writer to enlarge the slight original story of The Wonder City of Oz while the artist was completing the pictures, the final art did not always correspond exactly with the new text. Therefore, some of the sketches demanded revisions. There is an inner office note to the printer in pencil, lower left corner of this drawing: "Take out tray and make him wave." A piece of paper with the new waving hand has been pasted over the drawing and the edge of the tray on the right whited out.