Quentin Blake (b. 1932)

Lot 45
09.07.2025 10:30UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1450503
Lot 45 | Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
Quentin Blake (b. 1932)
Man climbing a wooden tower
unsigned
Pen, ink, watercolour on card
402 x 500mm
Executed c.1987-c.1996
Provenance: Quentin Blake (b. 1932), given to – Peter Rush (b.1937; artist and former illustrator for Jackanory).

An attractive, coloured Quentin Blake work given to a fellow Jackanory illustrator. Quentin Blake worked on more than 150 episodes of the BBC children's show Jackanory, illustrating the stories on canvas while narrating the books for the young audience.

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