A final proof of the cover art for Ian Fleming's <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/james-bond" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James Bond</a> novel Goldfinger, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Richard%20Chopping&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Richard Chopping</a>, signed by the artist.<ul><li>Richard Chopping (British, 1917-2008).</li><li>Commissioned by the publisher, Jonathan Cape.</li><li>This work is presented framed.</li></ul> The proof is believed to be one of fewer than ten copies. It features the iconic trompe l’oeil skull embedded with $20 gold coin eye sockets together with a rose stem beneath the skull’s teeth, and is signed in pencil by Richard Chopping (1917-2008), who designed a number of James Bond first edition book covers. The proof is lighter in color to the final dust wrapper artwork finally used by Cape. The piece was commissioned by UK publisher Jonathan Cape and is custom-framed in a light oak satin-wood frame. “The Chopping jacket was a tremendous success, both in England and America, and from that day on he and I and Michael Howard of Cape’s have devised all the James Bond jackets, which have now become something of a hallmark with the book trade and have earned prizes for Cape’s.”&nbsp;Ian Fleming (1964).

Signed Final Proof for Goldfinger Cover Art

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First edition</a>, first printing of Ian Fleming's <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=James%20Bond&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">James Bond</a> novel From Russia With Love.<ul><li>Ian Fleming (English).</li><li>Dust jacket art by Richard Chopping.</li><li>London: Jonathan Cape, 1957.</li><li>Signed by dust wrapper artist Richard Chopping on the front end-flap.</li><li>Red embossed title with gun and rose motif, presented in clamshell box.</li></ul> Richard Chopping illustrated nine dust-jackets in Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels, starting with From Russia, With Love. His covers are instantly recognizable for their trompe-l’œil style and use of tea chest font. The fifth title in the James Bond series.

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