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Orwell’s 1984: 17 original drawings

Lot 32
12.12.2024 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1353360
Lot 32 | Orwell’s 1984: 17 original drawings
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
Jim Burns (b. 1948)
a series of 17 drawings on separate sheets
each signed ‘JB’ and dated 2019 (bottom left)
pencil on paper
sheet size: 111/2 x 81/2 in. (29.8 x 21 cm.)
executed in 2019

The complete series of original pencil drawings executed by Jim Burns for the Suntup edition of George Orwell’s 1984.

Jim Burns is an acclaimed science-fiction and fantasy artist whose artwork has adorned the covers of many hundreds of books including Frank Herbert’s Heretics of Dune and Eye and George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones. He has been awarded 3 Hugo Awards as well as 14 BSFA Awards during his long career. He also worked on the movies Blade Runner, Chronicles of Riddick and the cancelled Forbidden Planet remake.

[Sold with:]
ORWELL, George (1903-1950). 1984. [Irvine]: Suntup Editions, 2021.
Artist Gift edition, limited to 1000 copies: extra-illustrated with original signed pencil drawing by Jim Burns.
Octavo. 17 colour-printed illustrations after the originals by Jim Burns, extra-illustrated on half-title with original pencil sketch of O’Brien signed ‘JB’ and dated 2024, publisher’s bookmark loosely inserted. Publisher’s black cloth, spine lettered in red at foot, upper cover and spine lettered in red and black on silver ground; original dust-jacket lettered in silver, red and white. Housed in publisher’s die-cut silver-paper covered slipcase, lettered in red and black on spine.

[And:]
a limited edition (this being number 4 of 10) series of 17 Giclée prints on separate A4 sheets, after Burns’s original pencil drawings, each signed ‘JB’ and dated 2019 (bottom right, but executed 2021) with printed captions beneath image.
Place of origin:United Kingdom
Auction house category:Printed books
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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