Sale 2511 - Illustration Art, June 4, 2019

115 c JAMES BARKLEY. “AGirl Possessed of a Terrifying Power.” Original cover illustration for the first mass-market paperback edition of “Carrie” by Stephen King (NewYork: Signet/NewAmerican Library, 1975). Watercolor and acrylic on paper, collaged over board. 590x482 mm; 23 1 / 4 x19 inches. Signed twice, once in collage and again in painted background, lower left. Taped along verso to matte. [4,000/6,000] Carrie was King’s fourth novel but his first to be published, and the one that launched his commercial success. The first edition sold thirteen thousand copies when it was released in 1974, but it was the Signet/New American Library paperback edition with this iconic cover, launched a year later, that sold over a million copies. 116 c RENÉ BULL. Woman in fanciful headdress. Mixed media with watercolor, gouache, graphite and collage incorporatingmetallic fabric, onwashed vellum. 293x204 mm; 11 1 / 2 x8 inches. Signed in ink beneath image. Archivally tipped to wooden support within a stepped matte and frame. [800/1,200] Bull was best known for his lush illustrations of fable and fairy tales. The grand, exotic beaded and feathered headdress on this lady is clearly influenced by his illustrations for The Rubáiyát and The Arabian Nights. Bull painted her at a 3 / 4 profile on paper, inlaid to size over a circle of silver metallic paper; the whole laid over burnished vellum, thus enhancing the richness and definition. SCI-FI, ACTION & ADVENTURE LOTS 115-135 116