Nodel, Norman - CLASSIC COMICS / CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED #9 Cover Prelim
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Norman Nodel art; Les Miserables cover prelim; c. 1968; image size 6.75" x 10.5"
Sid Marantz Collection
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Norman Nodel art; Les Miserables cover prelim; c. 1968; image size 6.75" x 10.5"
Sid Marantz Collection
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Norman Nodel art; Les Miserables cover prelim; c. 1968; image size 6.75" x 10.5"
Sid Marantz CollectionBeautiful preliminary painting for the cover to the 1968 reprint of the Classics Illustrated adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, Nodel created several prelims of different ideas of what the cover would be, this is one of the rejected ideas. Mixed media. Art is in excellent condition, the drawing has been affixed to a larger 11" x 14" board. Signed by Nodel.
Artist Information
Norman Nodel was an American comics-illustrator, mostly known for his work in Classics Illustrated. In Classics Illustrated he created the illustration for many issues, such as Ivanhoe, Faust, Lion of the North, Les Misérables, and The Invisible Man. In 1962, he illustrated Dr No, the Classics adaptation of the eponymous James Bond spy thriller. The same year, Nodel worked on the Classics' revised adaptation of The Man Who Laughs, where his artwork showed a Gwynplaine far more disfigured than the character's appearance in either the 1928 film or the 1950, original Classics edition. He received the Thomas Alva Edison Award for Best Children's Illustration circa 1960 for the Ten Commandments Classics Illustrated for which the Hollywood film starring Charlton Heston based their costume designs.
Norman Nodel art; Les Miserables cover prelim; c. 1968; image size 6.75" x 10.5"
Sid Marantz CollectionBeautiful preliminary painting for the cover to the 1968 reprint of the Classics Illustrated adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, Nodel created several prelims of different ideas of what the cover would be, this is one of the rejected ideas. Mixed media. Art is in excellent condition, the drawing has been affixed to a larger 11" x 14" board. Signed by Nodel.
Artist Information
Norman Nodel was an American comics-illustrator, mostly known for his work in Classics Illustrated. In Classics Illustrated he created the illustration for many issues, such as Ivanhoe, Faust, Lion of the North, Les Misérables, and The Invisible Man. In 1962, he illustrated Dr No, the Classics adaptation of the eponymous James Bond spy thriller. The same year, Nodel worked on the Classics' revised adaptation of The Man Who Laughs, where his artwork showed a Gwynplaine far more disfigured than the character's appearance in either the 1928 film or the 1950, original Classics edition. He received the Thomas Alva Edison Award for Best Children's Illustration circa 1960 for the Ten Commandments Classics Illustrated for which the Hollywood film starring Charlton Heston based their costume designs.