Lot 36
JOHN BURNINGHAM (B. 1936)
'TRUBLOFF': TRUBLOFF CAUTIOUSLY CAME OUT FROM THE OLD GYPSY'S POCKET...
Auction: 28 February 2018 from 11:00 GMT
£4,250
Description
Ink, tissue paper and paint, framed, signed on label verso
Dimensions
48cm x 80cm (18.75in x 31.5in)
Footnote
Note; The original illustration for 'Trubloff: The Mouse Who Wanted to Play the Balalaika', first published by Jonathan Cape in 1964.
The inspiration for Trubloff was a winter trip to Yugoslavia which Burningham made with a friend in 1956. "We went to a wedding by sleigh, which took about four hours. Everyone was drunk on slivovitz (Plum Brandy) including the driver. Gypsies played non-stop during the three days of the wedding and I was greatly impressed by their music. Trubloff was based on fact except that I never came across a mouse with a balalaika in Yugoslavia"