Lot 71100 · 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York
Rue de la Sardine, The Best of Times story illustration, December
Ludwig Bemelmans · Oil, tempera, and ink on three separate pieces of paper collaged together on board
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York · 14 October 2015
- Dimensions
- 36 x 26.5 in. (sight)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13632106
- Record
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Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue de la Sardine, The Best of Times story illustration, December. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71100. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632106.
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Ludwig Bemelmans, Rue de la Sardine, The Best of Times story illustration, December. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71100. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632106.
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