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AMOS SEWELL.
“Wonder Where Wally Went.” Mixed media on illustration board. 700x890 mm; 28x35
inches. Signed lower right. Saturday Evening Post label on verso. 1944.
[2,000/3,000]
Published in the June 10, 1944 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, illustrating a story by R. Ross
Annett. “Amos Sewell had a special empathy for children and also particularly enjoyed depicting
homespun, rural subjects.These special gifts were ideally combined in the illustration he made for a
series of stories about Babe, Little Joe, Big Joe, and Uncle Pete by R. Ross Annett that ran for over
twenty years in The Saturday Evening Post”—Reed,The Illustrator in America, page 294.
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DR. SEUSS [THEODOR
GEISEL.]
Botanist with Baby. Pen and ink and
watercolor on paper. 245x245 mm;
9
1
/
2
x9
1
/
2
inches. Signed “Dr. S.” with the
caption in Seuss’s hand: “Ups-a-bellis-
perennis-leucanthemum!”the Latin version
of “Ups-a-Daisy!” Overall scattered foxing,
pinholes and discoloration to upper corners.
On exhibition mount.April 27, 1929.
[10,000/15,000]
EARLY ORIGINAL DRAWING PUBLISHED IN
JUDGE MAGAZINE
.
With preliminary pencil
sketch and editorial rubberstamps including date
on the verso. A rare early published Seuss
drawing (with his short-lived signature “Dr.
S.”). Geisel made his debut in Judge on Oct.
22, 1927 and it was the first job where he secured a steady, albeit modest, income from his work.—
Morgan, Judith & Neil, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, page 62.
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