Lot 71097 · 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York
Children at the Zoo
Ludwig Bemelmans · Gouache, watercolor, and ink on board
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York · 14 October 2015
- Dimensions
- 21.75 x 30 in. (sheet)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13632103
- Record
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Ludwig Bemelmans, Children at the Zoo. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71097. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632103.
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Ludwig Bemelmans, Children at the Zoo. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71097. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632103.
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From the same sale 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York · Oct 2015
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