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Elton John: The original artwork for the track 'Roy Rogers' on the album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 1973, image 1
Elton John: The original artwork for the track 'Roy Rogers' on the album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 1973, image 2
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Elton John: The original artwork for the track 'Roy Rogers' on the album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 1973, image 4
Elton John: The original artwork for the track 'Roy Rogers' on the album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', 1973, image 5
Lot 151

Elton John: The original artwork for the track 'Roy Rogers' on the album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road',
1973,

Amended
10 December 2015, 12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

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Elton John: The original artwork for the track 'Roy Rogers' on the album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road',

1973,
comprising: the published art of a revolver, pen and ink and felt pen on tracing paper, with overlay, mounted on paper taped over the original (previously unseen) concept image of a cowboy on a rearing horse emerging from a television, pen and ink and crayon on card, all on artist's board with Dick James Music Limited label inscribed Artwork O Colour in black felt pen, with vinyl album cover, board 39.5 x 48.2cm (15½ x 19in)

Footnotes

According to the vendor, the original drawing of Roy Rogers by Mike Ross was withdrawn at the last minute, for legal reasons, and substituted by the revolver image.

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