Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans

Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 326. Illustration for 'Madeline and the Bad Hat' ("He ate them roasted, grilled, and frito!").

Ludwig Bemelmans

Illustration for 'Madeline and the Bad Hat' ("He ate them roasted, grilled, and frito!")

Lot Closed

March 3, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ludwig Bemelmans

1898 - 1962

Illustration for 'Madeline and the Bad Hat' ("He ate them roasted, grilled, and frito!")


signed Bemelmans (lower right) and inscribed He ate them etc/!OH what a horror was Pepito! (lower center)

watercolor and ink with collage on paper

sheet: 27 by 19 inches (68.6 by 48.3 cm)

framed: 30 ½ by 23 ½ inches (77.5 by 59.7 cm)

Executed circa 1956.

The artist
Private collection, New York (gift from the above)
By descent to the present owner
Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline and the Bad Hat, New York, 1956, illustrated
Ludwig Bemelmans, La Bonne Table, Boston, 1964, illustrated