Lot 164
  • 164

Ludwig Bemelmans

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Ludwig Bemelmans
  • The Hameau of Marie Antoinette Versailles (He Almost Turned into a Saint In Fact)
  • signed Bemelmans (lower right) and titled The Hameau of Marie Antoinette Versailles (lower center) and He Almost Turned into a Saint In Fact (lower left)
  • gouache and black ink on board
  • 25 3/4 by 37 5/8 in.
  • 65.5 by 95.5 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, Washington
By descent from the above, the father of the present owner

Literature

Ludwig Bemelmans, Mad About Madeline:  The Complete Tales, New York, 2001, pp. 162-163 illustrated (another version)

Condition

in good condition
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