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LUDWIG BEMELMANS.
Madeline. Gouache, pen and ink on cream
laid paper. 250x200 mm; 10x8 inches.
Signed in black ink, lower right recto.
Unpublished portrait of Bemelman’s beloved
children’s book heroine. Framed.
[4,000/6,000]
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LUDWIG BEMELMANS.
“In the Middle of the Night - George
the Gardner [sic] Lit a Light...” Ink and
watercolor on paper mounted to board.
Signed by Bemelmans lower right; below
that is estate stamp“Bemelmans / Madeline”
with“151”written in ink in center of stamp,
and, printed in ink below stamp:“Sketch
for Madeline in London.” Mounted to
board matte along all edges; title (in ink),
tape marks, and penciled numbers on verso.
1951.
[1,500/2,500]
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