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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
GARTH WILLIAMS (1912-1966) "Garth Williams First Alphabet."
Rough sketch for an alphabet book. Graphite on tracing paper. 280x215 mm; 11x8 1/2 inches. Initialed "G.W." lower right corner.
Provenance: The estate of the artist; auction, 2014; private collection.
The sketch resembles the cover image composition of Williams' 1957 book "Bunnies ABC" (later reissued as "Animal ABC") and may have been a preliminary drawing before he decided to turn it into a bunny book.
