Unused illustration to "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon" Walker books '90 [sic]

PJL 89
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Lynch, Patrick James
Summary:Unpublished illustration for "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon" with an introduction by Naomi Lewis and published by Walker Books, London, 1991
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: 1989
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Notes:Illustration used for NLI Christmas card 1996

Title inscribed in pen on accompanying sheet by the artist with the following inscription: This was the first illustration I did for this book. As part of my research for this book I looked at the work of many Scandinavian artists. This picture is very influenced, in the background at least by a painting by Harald Sohlberg. I remembered liking the way I'd rendered the girl but I felt dissatisfied with the white bear and the flat side - on angle. So I did another version

Unpublished illustration for "East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon", published in 1991 by Walker Books, London, 1991

Physical description: 1 drawing watercolour 52.3 x 33.4 cm.

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