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DR. SEUSS [THEODOR GEISEL].
A Pair of Llamas in Peru.
Pen, ink, and watercolor on board, Inscribed and Signed in pen, lower right: “For Hope
Morris,That Llama Fancier - Dr. Seuss” with large ink and pencil study on verso, showing
the llamas, a boy, rooster, and tile roofed dwelling in the background (marked “void”).
241x222mm; 9
1
/
2
x8
3
/
4
inches, professionally matted and framed with double-sided acrylic
and grey wood to show both images, few scuffs to frame edges.
NOT EXAMINED OUT OF
FRAME
but very good condition.
[20,000/30,000]
Geisel and his wife Helen, avid travelers, visited
Peru twice between 1932 and 1934.The main
focus of his first trip was to study animals: “I
just came back from Peru . . . [where I] looked
into the llama situation . . .They can spit at you
and aim every shot they make . . . I go all over
looking for peculiar animals [and] I’ve
discovered that God has turned out more
ridiculous looking creatures than I have”—
(Morgan, Judith and Neil Bowen. Dr. Seuss &
Mr. Geisel, 1995, pages 76-77.) Peru was the
inspiration for several images he made during
these years, including a short-lived Hearst
newspaper comic with an Andean theme called
“Hejji by Dr. Seuss” in 1935.
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