Swann Galleries - Illustration Art - Sale 2372 - January 22, 2015

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278 ● TOMI UNGERER.
“One Fine Morning.” Mixed media illustration on paper. 140x183 mm; 5 1/2x71/4 inches,
image. Sheet measures 350x111 mm; 13 3/4x11 inches. Illustration on page mock-up for
the first English Edition of Warwick’s Three (3) Bottles by Ungerer and Andre Hodier,
NewYork: Grove, 1966. Signed in pencil, lower margin. Image on top half of paper with
text taped to paper within penciled guide rules. Cellotape deteriorated, a few printer’s
marks along outer margins, some wrinkling; verso marked “Warwick P1 Sketch.”
[800/1,200]
276 ● TOMI UNGERER.
Captain with Questionable Moustache.
Mixed media portrait on onion skin. 280x190
mm; 11x71/2 inches, sheet. Signed in pencil,
lower right margin. Study for “Ask Me a
Question,” New York: Harper & Brothers,
1968. Diagonal hard crease across page, a few
other soft creases, and light wrinkling, paper
toned where exposed by previous matte;
image still bright; some pencil notations and
description on verso. [800/1,200]
277 ● TOMI UNGERER.
“In the Stands” * “Betting.” Together, 2
drawings. Mixed media on paper, mounted
on board. Each 300x230 mm; 12x9 inches,
image. Unsigned, each titled upper right in
the artist’s hand on backing. Framed
separately.Various characters, the chic and
the hoi-polloi, mingle about the racetrack.
1960s. [1,200/1,800]
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