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Lot 228: NEILL, JOHN R[EA]. 1877-1943. Original pen-and-ink drawing, "She stared down at herself in amazement," with drybrush drawing, for the headpiece of Chapter 6 ("The Magic Turn-Style"),

Est: $1,000 USD - $1,500 USD
BonhamsNew York, NY, USJune 13, 2019

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NEILL, JOHN R[EA]. 1877-1943.
Original pen-and-ink drawing, "She stared down at herself in amazement," with drybrush drawing, for the headpiece of Chapter 6 ("The Magic Turn-Style"), 150 x 195 mm, signed with initials lower right "JRN." Matted and framed.Published: The Wonder City of Oz (Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., 1940), p 62.Jenny Jump and a Munchkin boy named Number Nine decide to open a Style Shop in the Emerald City when they find a magic turn-style. Here she is not wearing the Munchkin outfit described in the text but rather the "most delightful dream-dress of cobwebs and bubbles" mentioned on p 110.

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Fine Books and Manuscripts

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Bonhams
June 13, 2019, 01:00 PM EST

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US