Lot 467

JOHN BURNINGHAM (1936-2019) §
'TRUBLOFF': THEY FORMED A LITTLE BAND




Auction: Day Two | Lots 304 to 482 | Thurs 16th April 2026 from 11am
Description
ink, tissue paper and paint, signed on label verso
Dimensions
50.5cm x 81cm
Provenance
Property of the artist
Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh Illustrated & Animated; The Collections of Burningham & Blundall, 28th February 2018, lot 37
Footnote
The original illustration for 'Trubloff: The Mouse Who Wanted to Play the Balalaika', first published by Jonathan Cape in 1964.
John Burningham was an English author and illustrator of children’s books. Burningham won the 1963 and 1970 Kate Greenaway Medals for British children's book illustration, and he and his wife Helen Oxenbury become the first duo to win BookTrust's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.



