Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans

Madeline and More: The Whimsical World of Ludwig Bemelmans

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Ludwig Bemelmans

Sketch for 'Madeline in London' (The Queen's Guard)

Lot Closed

March 3, 03:11 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Ludwig Bemelmans

1898 - 1962

Sketch for 'Madeline in London' (The Queen's Guard)


signed Bemelmans, numbered 159 with a Bemelmans Madeline stamp and inscribed Sketch for Madeline in London (lower right)

watercolor, ink and pencil on paper

sheet: 18 by 24 inches (45.7 by 61 cm)

framed: 22 by 28 inches (55.9 by 71.1 cm)

Executed circa 1961.

The artist
Private collection, New York (gift from the above)
By descent to the present owner