GARTH WILLIAMS, (AMERICAN 1912-1996)
GRAPHITE ON VELLUM, 9″ X 6.5″
from LITTLE SILVER HOUSE
A beautiful stunning original final artwork by Garth Williams for LITTLE SILVER HOUSE. The art is rendered in graphite on heavy tracing paper/vellum. Drawing from chapter VII, showing the young family watching as the father goes up the dark staircase holding an oil lamp. A very detailed drawing. The artwork in this series were all chosen to be rendered in graphite (instead of ink), to create more of a soft image. Not signed. Notes outside of margins. The piece is lightly tacked/taped outside of the margins to a larger backing sheet.
PROVENANCE: The art was purchased from an auction house, who in turn acquired these pieces direct from the estate of Garth Williams. Each piece is an original and sold directly from his estate. A copy of the original invoice will be included with each piece, and will provide both provenance and authenticity for the art.
The art is in excellent condition and would be stunning framed.
**Garth Williams was a prominent illustrator of several of the most prominent children’s books including Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte’s Web (1952), The Cricket In Times Square, and The Rescuers (1959). Many of his original illustrations from these book have sold attaining high premiums, including his original illustration of the dust jacket for Charlotte’s Web which realized $155,000 at auction in 2010, and between $10,000 and $75,000 for original artwork of the interior pages. Other notable auction pricing of Williams original illustrations include sales of the original artwork for the interior pages of Stuart Little which also averaged in the $15,000 range per piece.
