HANNES BOK ORIGINAL ART + Pulp WEIRD TALES 1940 DERLETH

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Up for auction is a very rare commodity. This original Weird Tales magazine illustration is by Hannes Bok, one of the finest fantasy and weird fiction artists the world has ever known. This particular illustration is from an August Derleth story entitled "The Sandwin Compact" that was published in the November 1940 issue of Weird Tales Magazine. A nice, copy of the magazine is included in the sale. This illustration was also later published in Gerry De La Ree's "Beauty and the Beast", a Hannes Bok retrospective and most likely in some other books on Bok as well.The illustration appears to have been done on commercial illustration board covered in Bristol paper stock. The medium is pen and ink and something else. The picture, itself measures 13 3/4 inches long by 5 inches wide. In the frame, it measures about 18 inches long by 9 inches wide and is under glass. To the best of my knowledge, the mat is acid free. The illustration has some browning and closed tears as well as a few pin holes but is 70 years old so these things are to be expected. Also, publishers did not often take the best care of pieces while in their possession. Please consider the pictures as part of the description and please e-mail me with any questions prior to bidding. Some of the detail close up photos are a bit washed out. That is just the lighting. The photos read more

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