Audun and his bear : production material, 1969.

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Audun and his bear : production material, 1969.

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A young Icelander sets out to travel the world but only gets as far as Greenland before he spends all his money to buy a white bear which he decides to give to King Sven of Denmark. Based on an Icelandic folktale. The manuscript portion of the collection includes a photocopy of a corrected typescript, a corrected typescript carbon, corrected photocopy of front matter, corrected holograph front matter, notes, research material, correspondence. Illustrative production materials include six proofs of illustrations, nineteen negative images of illustrations, two positive images of illustrations, 57 ink illustrations (some with overlay), 2 tempera illustrations of cover, 99 pencil studies, 25 studies (felt marker, colored pencil, tempera, some with overlay and text pasteups), 1 proof of jacket, 1 proof of page, 48 layout notes, 33 images of layout notes (positive and negative), 23 color swatches, additional corrected typescript, notes.

Illustrations : 400 items.Manuscripts : 2 folders.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7812040

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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