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Lot 68

GEISEL, THEODOR SEUSS. 1904-1991.
Original illustration of gentlemen riding to hounds,

4 June 2014, 13:00 EDT
New York

US$6,000 - US$9,000

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GEISEL, THEODOR SEUSS. 1904-1991.

Original illustration of gentlemen riding to hounds, 510 x 407 mm, c.1928, watercolor and pencil on paper, inscribed in pencil lower right "Phil– Submitted in controversy– Theodor," laid down to board, a few wrinkles, corner bumped.
Provenance: collection of Woodward Dike.

HUMOROUS WATERCOLOR INSCRIBED TO A FRIEND AND FELLOW ARTIST. The illustration depicts mustachioed riders in red coats and top hats, leaping a set of chairs on a lawn outside an antique shop. The California painter Phil Dike (1906-1990) and Geisel met at the Art Students League of New York in the 1920s and remained lifelong friends. According to the consignor, the present illustration was given to Dike during those Art Students League days.

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