"La Gouvernante, le Valet, la Niece" (Original Drybrush and Wash Drawing of Characters in Cervantes' DON QUIXOTE)

Edy-Legrand

Verlag: Unpublished, New York, 1945

Beschreibung

6 inches by 6 1/2 inches on a sheet measuring 12 3/4 inches by 9 7/8 inches. Beneath the image the artist has written in pencil his notes about the image.Original drybrush and wash drawing by Edy-Legrand. In 1945 French artist Legrand wanted to illustrate Don Quixote, and he pitched the idea to George Macy for a new Limited Editions Club edition of the book. After showing Macy a number of drawings, he was able to convince Macy to go ahead with the project. Five years later, after having offered 200 draft illustrations, Legrand finally came up with 48 full page pen/dry brush drawings that became the basis for the new LEC edition. Because the drawing offered here represents Sancho Panza quite differently than Legrand portrayed him in the final drawings, I suspect that it was one of the early images that he showed Macy in 1945--among the artist notes is the circled word "Esquisse" (French for "sketch"). The drawing is in very good condition: a strong image that is clean and bright on lightly toned paper that has minimal soiling in the margins well away from the image. Size: 6 inches by 6 1/2 Inches. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers W2055

Bibliografische Details

Titel: "La Gouvernante, le Valet, la Niece" (...

Verlag: Unpublished, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1945

Einband: Paper

Illustrator: Edy-Legrand

Zustand: Fine-

Signiert: SIGNED

Auflage: First Edition.

Art des Buches: Fine Art Print