Bemelmans, Ludwig | Preparatory sketch for "Madeline and the Bad Hat"
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Bemelmans, Ludwig
Preparatory sketch of Pepito riding a giraffe for Madeline and the Bad Hat
Graphite, ink, and crayon on paper (16 x 13 inches, sight). Signed "Bemelmans" (lower center), matted, framed, and glazed, original Hammer Galleries label retained on verso of frame; paper lightly rumpled with faint mat burn, pin point hole to back leg of giraffe, not examined out of frame.
"HIS LOVE OF ANIMALS WAS SUCH, EVEN MISS CLAVEL SAID, "IT'S TOO MUCH!"
A preparatory sketch for Madeline and the Bad Hat (New York: Viking Press, 1956) depicting Pepito riding a giraffe at the zoo. This image that was omitted from the published story in lieu of the young boy with interacting with birds, and a kangaroo, elephant, and lion. Bemelmans has annotated the image with several lines of text, including the published verse ("His love of animals was such, | Even Miss Clavel said, | "It's too much!") and unpublished alternatives ("His love of animals was such — he proved it one day at the zoo" and "At lengths | Feats of prodigious strengths").
REFERENCES:
Cf. Mad About Madeline, pp. 108-111
