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BEMELMANS, Ludwig "Fortune Teller" initial signed "LB" (lower right), "LB" inkstamp, numbered "1331" in pencil, titled, and with notations on verso of board backing watercolor and pencil on paper (some browning), framed 7½ x 9¾ in. (192 x 243 mm), sheet size "The Gyspy Mama didn't like at all what she saw in her magic crystal ball." A preliminary watercolor of the Gyspy Mama Madeline and Pepito encounter in Madeline and the Gypsies (1959). A more detailed version is on p. 31 of the book.
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BEMELMANS, Ludwig "Fortune Teller" initial signed "LB" (lower right), "LB" inkstamp, numbered "1331" in pencil, titled, and with notations on verso of board backing watercolor and pencil on paper (some browning), framed 7½ x 9¾ in. (192 x 243 mm), sheet size "The Gyspy Mama didn't like at all what she saw in her magic crystal ball." A preliminary watercolor of the Gyspy Mama Madeline and Pepito encounter in Madeline and the Gypsies (1959). A more detailed version is on p. 31 of the book.

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BEMELMANS, Ludwig
"Fortune Teller"
initial signed "LB" (lower right), "LB" inkstamp, numbered "1331" in pencil, titled, and with notations on verso of board backing
watercolor and pencil on paper (some browning), framed
7½ x 9¾ in. (192 x 243 mm), sheet size

"The Gyspy Mama didn't like at all what she saw in her magic crystal ball." A preliminary watercolor of the Gyspy Mama Madeline and Pepito encounter in Madeline and the Gypsies (1959). A more detailed version is on p. 31 of the book.