Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 131

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
LEN DEIGHTON (1929- ) [IN LONDON'S COUNTRY.] 1957.
39x24 1/8 inches, 99x61 cm. Curwen Press, Plaistow.
Condition B+: tears, wrinkles and lossese at edges; horizontal fold. Paper.
Best known as an author (he wrote the Ipcress File in 1962), Deighton began his career as an illustrator. Originally one half of a pair-poster, this image of bucolic village life was intended to hang with another sheet which extolled the beauty and unique quality of the villages surrounding London.