Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustration for 'Madeline and the Bad Hat' ("Pepito carried a bulging sack")
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March 3, 03:29 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Ludwig Bemelmans
1898 - 1962
Illustration for 'Madeline and the Bad Hat' ("Pepito carried a bulging sack")
signed Bemelmans (lower right)
mixed media on paperboard laid down on board
board: 24 ¾ by 27 ¾ inches (62.9 by 70.5 cm)
framed: 32 by 44 ½ inches (81.3 by 113 cm)
Executed circa 1957.
The artist
[with]Hammer Galleries, New York
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner
[with]Hammer Galleries, New York
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above)
By descent to the present owner
Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline and the Bad Hat, New York, 1957, illustrated