Tolkien Art Index

Art showing Sauron : 13 items

TAI #19Dust jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring (V)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 69r
diagrams · designs
black ink gold ink pencil red ink
eyes rings · jewels · gold Tengwar
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1954The Lord of the Rings A·5dust jacketthe One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1954The Lord of the Rings A·5front coverthe One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1976Drawings E·i·1[back cover]the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1976’77 Calendar (Unwin) E·ii·12front coveragainst black background, the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1993Descriptive Bibliography 93VIImonochrome, the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
2015Art of LR 216172
TAI #263Dust jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring (II)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 21r
diagrams · designs objects
black ink colored pencil pencil red ink
eyes rings · jewels · gold Tengwar
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1995Art. & Ill. 179177
2015Art of LR 211167
TAI #264Dust-jacket design for The Two Towers
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 27r
diagrams · designs objects tableaux
black ink colored pencil pencil
fire mountains · hills rings · jewels · gold Tengwar
Sauron
Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Minas Tirith Mordor White Tower 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1995Art. & Ill. 180178monochrome
2015Art of LR 220176
2018Maker of Middle-earth [371]117
TAI #267The arm of Sauron, for RK dust-jacket
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 32r
diagrams · designs tableaux
black ink brown ink red ink
fire mountains · hills
Sauron
Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1995Art. & Ill. 182181, top
2015Art of LR 231185, top
2018Maker of Middle-earth [375]119, top
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu 197120, topas one of “Dessin du bras de Sauron, pour Le Retour du roi”
TAI #268The arm of Sauron, for Return of the King dust-jacket
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 32r
diagrams · designs
brown ink
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1995Art. & Ill. 182181, bottom
2015Art of LR 231185, bottom
2018Maker of Middle-earth [375]119, bottom
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu 197120, bottomas one of “Dessin du bras de Sauron, pour Le Retour du roi”
TAI #269Dust-jacket design for Return of the King

On verso: body color trials, signature “JRRTolkien”, eye motif

Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 30r
diagrams · designs tableaux
black ink gold paint green body color red body color white body color
mountains · hills stars trees · forests
Sauron
Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1992Life & Legend 61171monochrome
1995Art. & Ill. 183182cast as dark green
2015Art of LR dust jacket front
2015Art of LR 230184
2018Maker of Middle-earth [374]item 169
2018Tolkien Treasures 108
2018Tolkien Treasures [109]enlarged detail
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu 674as “Maquette de la jaquette pour Le Retour du roi”
TAI #295Eye motif

Inscribed “Sauron” below in Tengwar and above in New English Alphabet.

Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 11r
diagrams · designs
black pen green pen pencil red pen
eyes
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1995Art. & Ill. 189185, lower right
TAI #354Dust-jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 24r
diagrams · designs
black ink colored pencil gold paint pencil red ink
eyes rings · jewels · gold Tengwar
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1992Life & Legend [2]monochrome
2015Art of LR [16]the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only
2015Art of LR 214170
2018Maker of Middle-earth [367]item 167
2018Tolkien Treasures 106
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu front coverthe One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only; on black background
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu 642as “Maquette de la jaquette pour La Fraternité de l’Anneau”
TAI #446Eye motif (I) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 23r
tableaux
pencil red pen
eyes
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 212169, left
TAI #447Eye motif (II) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 23r
tableaux
pencil
eyes
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 212169, center
TAI #448Eye motif (III) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 23r
tableaux
black pen pencil red pen
eyes
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 212169, right
TAI #449Dust jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring (IV)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 70r
diagrams · designs
eyes rings · jewels · gold Tengwar
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1966The Lord of the Rings A·5·eCentral device (the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar) used on dust-jackets for the hard-cover second edition.
2015Art of LR 215171
2018Maker of Middle-earth [368]116
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu 185107as “Maquette de la jaquette pour La Fraternité de l’Anneau”
TAI #450Eye motif (IV) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 30v
tableaux
black paper watercolor
eyes
Sauron
YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 218174
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu [198]121as “Esquisse pour l’œil de Sauron”; entire folio

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