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For
the Del Rey edition of The Purple Prince of Oz, Michael Herring provided an image of Kabumpo, Jinnicky and Randy sliding down a rainbow crossing the Deadly Desert into Oz. This incident was written well before the MGM film and hit song
Over the Rainbow.
Here we have another wonderful pink sky, and a very apprehensive Kabumpo. As the travelers are heading into the Winkie Country of Oz, where everything is yellow, I'd expect a more golden sky - but the pink is very effective.
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John R. Neill also illustrated this scene, from a different angle. I think I prefer his rainbow, as it looks a bit more subtle in terms of color.
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The image on the book cover is cropped, as always. In this case, I think it loses the sense of space and traveling through the air. Ruth Plumly Thompson did like to send her characters flying!
2 comments:
Did you buy these paintings directly from Mr Herring? Does he have any OZ paintings left to sell and if so, how do I contact him?
I bought these paintings a few years ago from a gallery in New York called Graphic Collectibles. There may be a few left - I'd suggest contacting them, they can be found online.
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