ID 1349645
Lot 164 | ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (BRITISH, 1879-1976)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Pooh and Piglet in a Heffalump Trap: 'He'll say Ho-Ho'
signed with initials 'EHS.' (lower left), inscribed with title 'House at Pooh Corner / p. 43' (lower left) and inscribed '"He'll say Ho-Ho."' (lower right) and further signed and indistinctly inscribed 'Ernest H Shepard / Woodmancote / Lodsworth / Sussex England' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink on wove paper
7 ½ x 5 in. (19 x 12.6 cm.)
Provenance
with Walker's Galleries, London, where purchased by Olivia Carpenter Coan (1897-1993), Minnesota, August 1956 and by descent in the family.
| Applied technique: | Ball pen |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Applied technique: | Ball pen |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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