Lot 87031: GREG HILDEBRANDT (American b. 1939) and TIM

GREG HILDEBRANDT (American b. 1939) and TIM HILDEBRANDT (American 1939 - 2006) Cirith Ungol, Tolkien Calendar preliminary study, c. 1977 Pencil on vellum 22.5 x 28.5 in. Signed lower left This piece was drawn as a study for the painting which was published in the 1977 Tolkien Calendar. This piece also appeared on page 74 of Greg and Tim Hildebrandt, the Tolkien Years, and Tim wrote, "People usually see only the finished product. They don't realize the amount of work that is done before we even start the paintings. We did very elaborate, full-sized pencil drawings for almost all of our Tolkien work. We had to do them this detailed not only for ourselves, but for Ballantine, in order to get their approval and to check for inaccuracies."