Lot 76
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Garth Williams

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Wilbur running downhill – What a Great Pig!. 1952.
  • paper, ink
Ink drawing. Original drawing for Charlotte’s Web by E B White (reproduced on p.59; NY: Harper & Bros., 1952). Signed in full at lower right.

Measures 12-1/4 x 7-3/4 inches on larger paper

Catalogue Note

Garth Williams (1912–1996) was an American children’s book illustrator of classics such as Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952) and Little House on the Prairie (1952) and its sequels and he wrote and illustrated the controversial “The Rabbits’ Wedding” (1958).