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176 ● MICHAEL HAGUE. The Wizard of Oz.
“With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of
the road.” Watercolor for L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. 320x555 mm; 123 /4 x22
inches. Signed lower left. Not examined out of frame. 1982. [4,000/6,000]
177 ● MICHAEL HAGUE. The Lord of the Rings.
Watercolor for J. R. R.Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring. 280x175 mm; 11x7 inches.
Signed in full in ink lower right. [1,000/1,500]
Gandalf battles the Balrog in the Mines of Moria.
178 ● MICHAEL HAGUE. The Lord of the Rings.
Watercolor for J. R. R.Tolkien’s The Two Towers. 280x175 mm; 11x7 inches. Signed in
full in ink lower right. [1,000/1,500]
Gollum, Samwise, and Frodo.
179 ● MICHAEL HAGUE. The Lord of the Rings.
Watercolor for J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Return of the King. 280x175 mm; 11x7 inches.
Signed in full in ink the lower left. [1,000/1,500]
The menacing King of the Nazgûl shortly before his demise by Eowyn’s sword outside the gates
of Gondor.
180 ● MICHAEL HAGUE. The Hobbit.
Signed watercolor for the J. R. R.Tolkien’s classic. 280x175 mm; 11x7 inches; signed in
full in ink lower left. [1,000/1,500]
Gandalf, Bilbo, and a few of the thirteen dwarves with the Lonely Mountain in the distance.
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