Pooh and Piglet in a Heffalump Trap: 'He'll say Ho-Ho'

Details

ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (BRITISH, 1879-1976)
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 The Carpenter Family, Minnesota, August 1956 and by descent in the family.

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Lot Essay

This charming illustration of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet is an unpublished work by Shepard relating to pages 42-43 of The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Shepard depicts the two characters in a 'Heffalump Trap for Poohs', capturing the cheekiness of Pooh and the innocence of Piglet portrayed in A. A. Milne's story.

Piglet enquires of Pooh 'What happens when the Heffalump comes?', after a short exchange, Pooh exclaims 'We'll notice each other for a long time, and then he'll say: 'Ho-ho!''

For another lot relating to Winnie the Pooh, please see lot 165.

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