Lot 89063: ROY G. KRENKEL (American 1918 - 1983) On the Road

ROY G. KRENKEL (American 1918 - 1983) On the Road to Azrael, frontispiece illustration, 1979 Gouache on board 11 x 16 in. Initialed upper left This piece was used as the frontispiece for the illustrated edition of Robert E. Howard's novel, On the Road to Azrael, published by Donald M Grant, 1979, which collected five of Howard's Far Eastern tales, stories of a shadow period in which individual deeds have been lost in an era of massive battles and fateful wars. Roy Krenkel's style was a perfect fit for Howard's somber moodiness. The book was meant to serve as a companion volume to The Sowers of the Thunder, published in 1973. From the Frank Collection.

This piece has been matted and framed to an overall size of 15" x 20", and the art is in Excellent condition.