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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
BERKELEY BREATHED (1957-) "'Fly,' Opus whispered to himself just before falling asleep. 'I'll be flying by Christmas morning."
Illustration for A Wish for Wings that Work: An Opus Christmas Story (Boston: Little Brown, 1991). Watercolor and ink on paper. 305x336 mm; 12x13 1/4 inches, on a 14x15 3/4-inch sheet. Signed and inscribed in lower right margin: "For Esther who knows the true value of Christmas...exactly $501,000. Love, Berkeley." Illustration previously mounted to board but shaved, preserving board; tipped to window matte.
