ARTHUR RACKHAM, "HEAD OF VALKYRIE" ORIGINAL PEN AND INK ILLU...

Hammer

£1,300

ARTHUR RACKHAM, "HEAD OF VALKYRIE" ORIGINAL PEN AND INK ILLUSTRATION, CIRCA 1911. "A.R" MONOGRAM SIGNATURE TO RIGHT HAND SIDE 12.5 CM X 6.5 CM.
This is the original illustration used in "Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods" as the tailpiece to the list of illustrations.

Footnote: Attached to the back of the frame is the label Ernest Brown and Phillips, Leicester Square London.
Above this the purchase label from their October 1911 exhibition of Arthur Rackham illustrations, giving the title of number 5 Head of Valkyrie (tail piece) and the purchaser "P Brewster Esq". This being Philip Brewster, famous as an early Isle of Man T.T competitor and as the husband of firebrand suffragette Clara Giveen.