Original Painting Artworks Signed by Artist William Randell for the Dust Jacket of the Rex Stout - Nero Wolfe Novel - Three At Wolfe’s Door - Accompanied by a First Edition in Jacket of the Finished Book
1961 · London
by STOUT, REX & WILLIAM RANDELL
London: Crime Club / Collins, 1961. This painting on artboard was created by William Randell for the First British Edition of this classic Nero Wolfe mystery novel written by Rex Stout. The painting measures approximately 6 1/4 inches wide by 8 inches tall matted to 9 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches. The book is very good in dust jacket. The painting has a yellow background which was changed to the color gray on the final printed dust jacket. The design shows a hangman’s noose, a knife, and a bottle of poison. (Inventory #: 15302J)