Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans

Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans

Ludwig Bemelmans

Illustration for 'Madeline' ("Day to visit")

Lot Closed

March 3, 03:21 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ludwig Bemelmans

1898 - 1962

Illustration for 'Madeline' ("Day to visit")


signed Bemelmans (lower right), inscribed Madeline (lower center) and inscribed (lower left and lower right)

watercolor, gouache and ink on paper

sheet: 19 ½ by 14 inches (49.5 by 35.6 cm)

framed: 21 ½ by 16 ½ inches (54.6 by 41.9 cm)

Executed circa 1939. 

The artist
Private collection, New York (gift from the above)
By descent to the present owner
Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline, New York, 1939, illustrated
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