Sale 2495 - Illustration Art, December 6, 2018

7 c LUDWIG BEMELMANS. A dog at attention. Sketch for “Madeline and the Bad Hat” (New York: Viking Press, 1956). Pen and ink on paper. 114x216 mm; 4 1 / 2 x8 1 / 2 inches, on 6x12-inch sheet. Signed “Bemelmans” in lower right image. Hinged to matte. Accompanied by a card bearing the stamp of Hammer Galleries. [1,500/2,500] 8 c LUDWIG BEMELMANS. A flower for Pepito. Sketch for “Madeline and the Bad Hat” (New York: Viking Press, 1956). Pen and ink on paper. 178x222 mm; 7x8 3 / 4 inches, on 8 1 / 2 x9 1 / 2 -inch sheet. Signed “Bemelmans” in lower right image. Hinged to matte. [1,500/2,500] 9 c LUDWIG BEMELMANS. The Old Stag and the Tree. Illustration for “Parsley” (New York: Harper & Row, 1955). Ink, watercolor, and gouache on board. 521x648 mm; 20 1 / 2 x25 1 / 2 inches. Signed “Bemelmans” in lower right image, inscribed on verso: “To Tim, Merry Christmas - L. Bemelmans.” Framed. [3,000/5,000] 7 8 9