LUDWIG BEMELMANS | AN ILLUSTRATION FOR 'MADELINE' (AND BRUSHED THEIR TEETH)

LUDWIG BEMELMANS
1898 - 1962
AN ILLUSTRATION FOR 'MADELINE' (AND BRUSHED THEIR TEETH)

signed Bemelmans (lower right) and inscribed And Brushed Their (lower margin beneath the mat)
watercolor and ink on paper
image: 10 ¾ by 7 ¼ inches (27.3 by 18.4 cm)
sheet: 14 ½ by 11 ¼ inches (36.2 by 28.6 cm)

Condition Report:
The sheet is hinged to the mat along reverse of top edge. The sheet appears to be toned and there is some scattered staining. There are remnants from a former mounting beneath the mat.

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Provenance:
Private collection, England

By descent to the present owner