May 16, 2002 - Sale 1936

Sale 1936 - Lot 144

Price Realized: $ 17,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 20,000
POLYCHROME GOES HOME NEILL, JOHN R. Good-bye Ozma! Good-bye Dorothy! Pen and ink on card, 455x315 mm. Signed and dated in the lower left corner of the drawing "Jno R Neill 1909". Np, 1909

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This drawing was used for the illustration on page 259 of "The Road to Oz" and depicts Polychrome's return to her Rainbow father. A work of great detail, the original is much more striking than the reproduction found in the book.<