Lot 71101 · 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York
The Captain's Breakfast
Ludwig Bemelmans · Oil on cardboard
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- Estimate
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- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Heritage Auctions — 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York · 14 October 2015
- Dimensions
- 23 x 18 in. (sight)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13632107
- Record
- first seen 6 Aug 2026 · updated 7 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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Ludwig Bemelmans, The Captain's Breakfast. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71101. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632107.
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Ludwig Bemelmans, The Captain's Breakfast. Heritage Auctions, 14 Oct 2015, lot 71101. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13632107.
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From the same sale 2015 October 14 Illustration Art Signature Auction - New York · Oct 2015
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