Lot 106
  • 106

Ludwig Bemelmans 1898-1962

Estimate
75,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Ludwig Bemelmans
  • And Lo and Behold, the Former Barbarian Turned into a Vegetarian
  • signed Bemelmans, l.r.
  • mixed media on illustration board

  • 25 1/4 by 37 1/4 in.
  • (64.1 by 94.6 cm)

Provenance

Hammer Galleries, New York
Private Collection, circa 1956 (acquired from the above)

Literature

Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline and the Bad Hat, New York, 1957, illustrated in color

Condition

Good condition, small scratch in right green awning, slight lifting of white pigment in right street lamp, some scattered pindots of foxing, two waterspots in upper left quadrant; under UV: fine.
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