?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (1949- ) "The J was rather Jittery." Illustration for The Z Was Zapped by Van Allsburg (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987). Conté crayon on thin board. 237x184 mm; 9 1/4x7 1/4 inches, on 15x12-inch sheet. Signed "C.V.A." and dated 1986 in lower left image, and signed "Chris Van Allsburg" in lower margin. Hinged to board with matte and archivally framed. The lot is accompanied by a copy of the book inscribed "For Jack Golden - Chris Van Allsburg 1987."
Provenance: Acquired by current owner from Justin Schiller, Ltd. March 2002.
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