Sale 2526 - Illustration Art, December 10, 2019

54 c LUDWIG BEMELMANS. “Sketch for Madeline.” Illustration of Madeline and Miss Clavel in a garden of f lowers at the Eiffel Tower. Gouache and ink on paper. 570x381 mm; 22 1 / 2 x15 inches. Signed in lower right image and captioned simply “Sketch for Madeline” by Bemelmans in lower left image, but published image not identified . [6,000/9,000] 55 c LUDWIG BEMELMANS. “And then he quickly went and took his place at the head of his Regiment.” Sketch for Madeline in London (published New York: Viking Press, 1961). Watercolor and ink on stiff paper. 455x527mm; 18x20 3 / 4 inches, sheet. Signed in ink over Bemelmans estate stamp marked 142 in lower right, and labeled “Sketch for Madeline in London.”   [2,500/3,500] 54 55