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§ Roy Frederick Carnon (British, 1911-2002) "Your Place or Mine?" signed lower left "Ray Carnon" and inscribed "Maggie - Love and Good Wishes for your birthday '96 - Ray" watercolour and collage, unframed 17 x 31cm (7 x 12in)
Provenance: By descent within the family of the artist Other Notes: A birthday present from Roy Carnon to his girlfriend, Maggie, later to become his wife. Roy Frederick Carnon, born in England in 1911, grew up in Isleworth, London, briefly attending art school in Chiswick. He became an illustrator, working mainly for advertising agencies. During the Second World War, he continued to sketch even when working as a fireman during the London Blitz. He subsequently joined the RAF ground crew and was dispatched to Africa, India and the Far East. After returning to civilian life, Carnon continued to work in advertising, as well as producing book covers and jackets, particularly for Corgi Books. In 1965, Carnon joined the team responsible for visualising space craft and film sets for 2001: A Space Odyssey. After his first foray into the movie business, Carnon worked on other films including the Bond movies, Superman, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi. In addition to all his film work, Roy Carnon was a prolific and unusually versatile painter. He had the ability to turn from set design to portraits, from technical drawing to lively figure drawing, sketches and landscapes. Some of his film artwork is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Unframed and colours are good.

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