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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN.
“One, two! One, two! And through and through, theVorpal Blade went Snicker-Snack!”
Watercolor on parchment. 381x610 mm; 15x24 inches. In “Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky
. . . with Annotations by Humpty Dumpty,” illustrated by Zalben, NewYork and London:
FrederickWarne, 1977. Matted.The printed promotional spread (Humpty resting by the
Tumtum tree) issued byWarne accompanies the lot.
[4,000/6,000]
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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN.
“She began to draw pictures like the
ones she saw on the walls.”Mixed media,
with watercolor and color digital scan.
152x102 mm; 6x4 inches, image, on
12x9 inch sheet. Signed in pencil, lower
right margin; verso contains Zalben’s
notes (with original title: “The Budding
Artist”) and placement indications as
well as taped laser printed text appearing
on the final printed page. Corners tissue
taped to back board. From page 11 of
“Mousterpiece:A Mouse-Sized Guide to
Modern Art,” New York: Neal Porter/
Roaring Brook Press, 2012.
[2,000/3,000]
Janson the mouse ponders her excellent imitation of
AndyWarhol’s“Marilyn”PopArt portrait quartet.
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