Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

60 c   DR. SEUSS (THEODOR GEISEL.) “Alley Cat for a Very Long Alley” Color serigraph on canvas. 254x1117 mm; 10x44 inches, elaborately framed. Printed signature. number 432 of 850 in lower left margin. Adapted posthumously from the 1964 original acrylic and casein on masonite. Jersey City: Chameleon Editions, 1998   [2,000/3,000] “By the time Dr. Seuss arrived in Paris in 1926, the surrealist movement had already become a force with its first group show Exposition Surréaliste taking place in 1925. Joan Miró and Paul Klee would show solo in Paris that year, then Yves Tanguy in 1927. Ted, in the right place at the right time, considered Paris the exhilarating axis of his world and absorbed anything the arts offered. This early and powerful influence of surrealism stayed with Ted throughout his life and is realized here in Alley Cat for a Very Long Alley”—The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection ( drseussart.com) . 61 c   DR. SEUSS (THEODOR GEISEL.) My Petunia Can Lick Your Geranium. Color serigraph on canvas. 688x864 mm; 27x34 inches, elaborately framed. Printed signature. patron ’ s edition , roman - numbered 77 of 99 in lower margin, from a total edition of 375. Adapted posthumously from the original acrylic on canvas board. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Jersey City: Chameleon Editions, 1998   [2,000/3,000] “As one of the few men in La Jolla who worked from home, Dr. Seuss called himself a ‘bird watcher on the social scene,’ always looking to create gentle spoofs of his chic female friends. The result was Ted’s series La Jolla Birdwomen, a spicy collection of eleven known paintings with lyrical titles, works that could have sprung only from the mind of a genial witness”—The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection ( drseussart.com ). 60 61