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LUDWIG BEMELMANS.
“Bountiful Squalor - The Village.” A charming scene featuring three children and a cat
playing in Puerto Rico; a study for a proposed cover for
The NewYorker.
Watercolor and
pencil on board. 464x540 mm; 18
1
/
4
x21
1
/
4
inches. Signed “Bemelmans” and inscribed,“To
Jean with fondest regards, Ludwig Bemelmans” in lower image. Light age-toning, yellowing
cellotape remnants at extreme left edge, small subtle area of adhesive residue in image.
Framed. Nd, circa 1950.
[4,000/6,000]