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Outside Were Trees - Birds and Sky

Ludwig Bemelmans

American Art

ARTIST Ludwig Bemelmans, American, born Austria, 1898–1962
MEDIUM Watercolor and ink on paper
DATES 1939
DIMENSIONS sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 1/4 in. (49.1 x 36.2 cm)
SIGNATURE Signed in ink, lower right: "Bemelmans"
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed in ink, bottom center: "outside were trees -- birds and sky -- / and ten [days] went quickly by --"
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 41.53
CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Ink outline sketch on verso, struck through with red pencil. Illustration for Ludwig Bemelmans, "Madeline" (1939)
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