Jan 24, 2013 - Sale 2300

Sale 2300 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 5,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
LUDWIG BEMELMANS. Holiday House.
Watercolor, gouache and ink wash on illustration board. 700x550 mm; 27x21 1/2 inches. Published as the Holiday Magazine cover May 1951, with rubberstamp on verso. Signed lower right.

Additional Details

A summer fête inside and on the grounds of a building in Darien, CT designed by the noted Modernist architect John M. Johansen. The design suggests fellow "Harvard Five" member Philip Johnson's minimalist classic "Glass House" in nearby New Canaan.