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LITTLE MADELINE SAT IN BED, CRIED AND CRIED, HER EYES WERE RED

measurements
17 3/4 by 14 1/4 in.

alternate measurements
45 by 36.3 cm.

signed Bemelmans, l.r. and titled Little Madeleine sat in bed/ Cried and cried -- her eyes were red., l.c.

watercolor and ink on paper

Condition Note: Six oily stains across the sheet; some discoloration and surface dirt. Sheet is hinget to mat at upper edge; paper tape remnant along the left and right edges.

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LITERATURE

Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline, New York, 1939

NOTE

This work was used to illustrate a page in the original 1939 publication of "Madeline" by Bemelmans.