Sale 5997
London, South Kensington
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7 December 2010
Price realised
GBP 1,375
Estimate
Quentin Blake (b. 1932) 'Food Preparation': a preliminary drawing for The David Mellor Kitchen Guide signed 'Quentin Blake' (lower left) pen and black ink 6½ x 8 7/8 in. (16.5 x 22.5 cm.)
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Literature
David Mellor, The David Mellor Kitchen Guide, preliminary study for 'Food Preparation'.
Exhibited
London, Sally Hunter Fine Art Ltd., Illustrators and Cartoonists, December 1987, no. 44.
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Pre-Lot Text
The Property of Jeremy Gardner Lewis deceased
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