Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018

46 c DR. SEUSS. “California Dilemma.” Colored pencil and graphite on a sheet of Seuss’s printed letterhead, 1958. 172x157 mm; 6 3 / 4 x6 1 / 4 inches, on 10 1 / 2 x7 1 / 4 -inch sheet. Tipped to matte board. Not signed but accompanied by a Typed Letter Signed by Seuss, dated January 11, 1958, describing the creation of the drawing for its recipient, along with an additional Autograph Letter Signed. Framed. [4,000/6,000] The typed letter playfully describes the “California Dilemma, with 18-pronged horns” and listing its characteristics, sightings in the greater Connecticut Valley, and closing with “Aside from this, all I can say is that the horns of one dilemma are no more comfortable than the horns of any other” (La Jolla, California, 11 January 1958, 1 page). Also included is an Autograph Letter Signed “Dr. Seuss” to a different recipient stating: “. . . this may (or may not) answer your questions. If not, it poses still another dilemma.” ([San Diego], California, 23 March 1979). 1 page, 8vo, on stationery with printed image of The Cat in the Hat onto which Seuss has drawn in ink and purple crayon, a large 5-pronged horn emanating from his brow. 47 c E.H. SHEPARD. “. . . the mandarins on each side, nodding silently . . .” Illustration for page 5 of “The Cuckoo Clock” by Mrs. Molesworth (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1954). Pen, ink, watercolor, and colored pencil on board. 203x127 mm; 8x5 inches, on 10x7 1 / 2 - inch board. Initialed in lower right image with artist’s return address on verso. Hinged to archival matte. [2,000/3,000] 46 47