Dec 14, 2017 - Sale 2465

Sale 2465 - Lot 28

Price Realized: $ 4,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
LUDWIG BEMELMANS.
"He saw Miss Ostrich all except her head." Sketch for page 29 of "Noodle" by Munro Leaf (New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937.) Watercolor, pen, ink, and pastel on board. 222x330 mm; 8 3/4x13 inches, on 10x14 1/4-inch board. Signed "Bemelmans" in lower right image. Image toned. Hinged to matte. Accompanied by a copy of the book signed by both Bemelmans and Leaf.