Design - Day Two - 19th October 2023
Lot 324
Frank Hampson (1918-1985)
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £750
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Description
Frank Hampson (1918-1985)
Voyage to Venus (2/23/1)
gouache on board original front cover artwork for Dan Dare in the Eagle volume 2 episode 23, published in 1951, framed
numbered 2/23/1 bottom right,
42 x 32.5cm (image)
Provenance
Frank Hampson, thence by descent.
Exhibited
Frank Hampson The Man Who Drew Dan Dare, The Atkinson, Southport, Centenary exhibition September 2018-March 2019.
Catalogue notes
The Voyage to Venus story begins to draw to a conclusion as the combined UN invasion force launch a pre-emptive attack on the Treens - using low-level technology - in 1996.