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JACQUES (FAITH) - ROALD DAHL "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" original artwork, [c.1973]
11 March 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,550 inc. premium
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JAQUES (FAITH) - ROALD DAHL
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", the original artwork for the covers of the first paperback edition, watercolour and gouache on watercolour board, separate overlay with black ink detail (the "black plate"), each with proofing details in margins, signed by the illustrator with address details on verso, 385 x 465mm., [c.1973]
Footnotes
The original cover artwork for the first Puffin paperback edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1973), depicting Willy Wonka, Charlie and the other Golden Ticket-winners gathered around the Everlasting Gobstopper Machine. Jaques was the original illustrator of the first UK edition of the book in 1967, and produced this new cover design for the paperback.
Provenance: Faith Jaques (1923-1997); by descent to the present owner.