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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN.
“The Walrus and the Carpenter Walked on a Mile or so . . . And all the little Oysters stood
and Waited in a Row.” Watercolor on paper. 267x413 mm; 10
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2
x16
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inches. Signed in
pencil, lower left image. Double-page spread from pages 18 and 19 of Lewis Carroll’s “The
Walrus and The Carpenter,” illustrated by Zalben, “With Annotations by Tweedledee and
Tweedledum,” NewYork: Henry Holt, (1986). Tipped to matte. A signed copy of the first
paperback edition accompanies the artwork.
[2,000/3,000]
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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN.
“Rosie, the youngest, asks the Four Questions.”Watercolor on paper. 151x318 mm; 6x12
1
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2
inches, sight size. Signed and dated 1990 in pencil, lower right. Double-page spread from
pages 104-105 from “Happy Passover, Rosie.” New York: Henry Holt, 1991. Archivally
matted and framed. A signed first edition of “Beni’s Family Treasury, Stories for the Jewish
Holidays” (1998) accompanies the artwork.
[1,200/1,800]
Lovely illustration of the family’s Passover Seder which appeared in Zalben’s beloved Beni the Bear
series, first in “Happy Passover, Rosie” and then in the 1998 first edition and 2013 reissue of
“Beni’s FamilyTreasury, Stories for the Jewish Holidays.”
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