Original Gollum Ink Illustration 1969?

This could mean ‘Fabian’

Ithildin wrote:

This could mean ‘Fabian’

That’s also how I read the signature.

And welcome Jamesviba7!

Ahhh great!

Maybe this guy? https://dmrbooks.com/test-blog/2018/1/ ... kien-what-might-have-been

I wonder if this Stephen Fabian is Steve Fabian who had artwork in Mythlore? This image is familiar to me but I can't locate where it is from but it definitely has a Steve Fabian style to it.

EDIT: The article refers to him as Stephen and Steve so clearly is the same artist.

I have a recollection of this image from a journal, I will keep looking.

This may not be from 1969 but a numbered print 5 of 69, not sure in this case.

The style seems a good match with Stephen Fabian, and he was illustrating from 1965 onward and has done other Middle-earth related art, definitely. Sadly, the "Contact me" form on his website is broken.

https://www.stephenfabian.com/

It’s definitely a pen & ink original drawing..

Shame the contact is isn’t working on his website!