John Bratby RA (British, 1928-1992) Hell in a Haystack sheet...

The Janet Beat Collection
John Bratby RA (British, 1928-1992)
Hell in a Haystack
to be offered alongside a black scraperboard work by the same hand and titled 'Mr Harris teaching the girls in his class'
signed 'John Bratby' (lower left)
pen and ink
sheet 32 x 25.5cm (12 5/8 x 10 1/16in); and 41 x 25.5cm (16 1/8 x 10 1/16in).
the first unframed, but mounted; the second framed
(2)
'Hell in a Haystack' is an original illustration for Bratby's 1960 novel Breakdown.

'Mr Harris teaching the girls in his class' is an original illustration for Bratby's 1962 novel Brake Pedal Down.

Provenance
The Collection of Janet Beat.