Good condition. Museum quality glass.
11.5″W x 15″H
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This original drawing from legendary author and cartoonist Theodor Geisel (1904-1991), otherwise known as Dr. Seuss depicts a yellow bird-like creature in pen and ink. Drawn in a typical Suessian style, this yellow bird is accented with green, purple, and blue highlights to make a whimsical, colorful addition to the art collection. Housed in a standard black frame, this original drawing is signed “Dr. Seuss” in the lower right side of the drawing and is authenticated with a Global Fine Art stamp en verso.
About the Artist:
Born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, Theodor Seuss Geisel began writing while attending Dartmouth College, where he would rise to the editor-in-chief position at the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, which was a humor magazine at Dartmouth. Geisel began using the “Dr. Seuss” pen name while at Dartmouth before meeting his future wife, Helen Palmer, at Oxford, who, after seeing his notebooks, encouraged him to pursue a career in drawing. His articles and illustrations were published in numerous magazines, including LIFE and Vanity Fair. A cartoon that he published in the July 1927 issue of The Saturday Evening Post landed him a staff position at the New York weekly Judge. During World War II, Geisel began contributing weekly political cartoons to the liberal publication PM Magazine, and following the war, he and Helen moved to California, where he would write at least eight hours a day. Throughout his career, Geisel wrote over 60 books and won numerous awards, including the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, three Emmys and three Grammys. His final book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go! was published the year before his death, intended to be a sendoff for children of all ages. Geisel passed away in 1991 at the age of 87, and remains one of the most popular children’s authors in history.
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Good condition. Museum quality glass.
11.5″W x 15″H
An original signed and numbered lithograph by famed French artist André Masson (1896-1987) reminiscent of Masson’s works in automatic drawing. Featuring graphic marks on a vivid ground of red, blue, yellow, and green, Masson’s surrealistic mark-making invites viewers to investigate the image and form their own meaning within the piece. Framed in silver and signed and numbered at the bottom.
About the Artist: André Masson(1896-1987) was born in Balagny-sur-Thérain, Oise and began to study art at the age of 11 at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, later moving his studies to Paris. Masson’s early work displayed an interest in Cubism, but he later became more closely associated with Surrealism, becoming more of the more enthusiastic advocates of automatic drawing; a practice in which the hand is allowed to move randomly across the paper or canvas. Under the German occupation of France, Masson was labeled a degenerate artist by the Nazi regime and he later moved away from Surrealism, adopting a more structured style with themes of eroticism and violence. After escaping France to America, Masson’s work became an important influence on burgeoning Abstract Expressionists, such as Jackson Pollock, as he worked in Connecticut. Following the war, he returned to France and continued to paint until his death in 1987 at the age of 91.
This lithograph is just one of hundreds of pieces of art that are available at our location in Grandview! Come in today and see the full collection.