May 3, 2016 11:00 EST
Impressionist & Modern Art
133
Ludwig Bemelmans
Ludwig Bemelmans
American, 1898-1962
And Sometimes They Were Very Sad (Pere Lachaise, Paris), circa 1953
Signed Bemelmans (lr); titled on a handwritten label on the backing
Oil and gouache on cream card stock
14 x 14 1/8 inches
Here Miss Clavel takes Madeline and her classmates to visit Pere Lachaise Cemetery, where they view the graves of Heloise and Abelard, Balzac and Raspail. This illustration does not appear in any of the six Madeline books that Bemelmans published between 1939 and 1956. It appears to be related to an ink drawing of Miss Clavel and the schoolgirls searching for Madeline in Pere Lachaise Cemetary, which appears in Madeline's Rescue (1953).
Sold for $15,000
Estimated at $5,000 - $7,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Ludwig Bemelmans
American, 1898-1962
And Sometimes They Were Very Sad (Pere Lachaise, Paris), circa 1953
Signed Bemelmans (lr); titled on a handwritten label on the backing
Oil and gouache on cream card stock
14 x 14 1/8 inches
Here Miss Clavel takes Madeline and her classmates to visit Pere Lachaise Cemetery, where they view the graves of Heloise and Abelard, Balzac and Raspail. This illustration does not appear in any of the six Madeline books that Bemelmans published between 1939 and 1956. It appears to be related to an ink drawing of Miss Clavel and the schoolgirls searching for Madeline in Pere Lachaise Cemetary, which appears in Madeline's Rescue (1953).
Attached to a sheet of cardboard on the right edge by a 2-inch-long hinge of masking tape. On the verso inscribed with the numbers 16932-105.
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Auction: Impressionist & Modern Art, May 3, 2016
