Original artwork for SeaFire

by Ian - Scutt Fleming, David

$2,500 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

Signed

1994 . Original drawing on textured card c. 235 x 143 mm , oil and gouache, signed Scutt lower right, taped to an accompanying acetate sheet. Tape marks to verso of artwork, colours bright. In fine condition. An evocative preliminary design by David Scutt for the dust jacket of SeaFire 1994 by John Gardner. Signed by the artist. An early draft, perhaps the first, with noticeable variations in colour and detail to the final published piece. This version

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