Jun 04, 2019 - Sale 2511

Sale 2511 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 7,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
RICHARD POWERS.
"Star Science Fiction Stories." Rear cover illustration for the first book of the popular anthology series by Frederik Pohl (New York: Ballantine Books, February 1953). Tempera and acrylic on board. 292x241 mm; 11 1/2x9 1/2 inches. Signed "Powers" in lower left image. Some flaking at bottom left. Provenance: From the Estate of David G. Hartwell, the American critic, publisher, and editor; gifted to Hartwell by Powers.