Property from the Collection of
DR. FRANK STANTON
BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. Nineteen original ink and watercolor drawings for A Tale of Two Glimps, [New York: Columbia Broadcasting System, ca.1949-1950]. Comprising: a cover drawing and 18 illustrations (two of which are double-page), 2 drawings not used in the published book, (the book consisted of a cover, 41 single-page and 3 double-page illustrations). Various sizes, most 470 x 450 mm. (18½ x 18 in.), three smaller: 310 x 450 mm. (12¼ x 17¾ in.), executed in combinations of ink, grey wash, watercolor and occasional crayon detail (8 in color and 11 in black-and-white), the 2 double-page illustrations pasted from two or more pieces of paper, some with portions cut and pasted together by the artist. Condition: marginal tears and chipping, the double-page drawings folded, the cover drawing mounted, some with original protective sheets taped to edges, minor marginal tape staining to some versos, 3 framed.
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BEMELMANS, LUDWIG. Nineteen original ink and watercolor drawings for A Tale of Two Glimps, [New York: Columbia Broadcasting System, ca.1949-1950]. Comprising: a cover drawing and 18 illustrations (two of which are double-page), 2 drawings not used in the published book, (the book consisted of a cover, 41 single-page and 3 double-page illustrations). Various sizes, most 470 x 450 mm. (18½ x 18 in.), three smaller: 310 x 450 mm. (12¼ x 17¾ in.), executed in combinations of ink, grey wash, watercolor and occasional crayon detail (8 in color and 11 in black-and-white), the 2 double-page illustrations pasted from two or more pieces of paper, some with portions cut and pasted together by the artist. Condition: marginal tears and chipping, the double-page drawings folded, the cover drawing mounted, some with original protective sheets taped to edges, minor marginal tape staining to some versos, 3 framed.
BEMELMANS' DRAWINGS FOR A EARLY PROMOTIONAL BOOK ON COLOR TELEVISION
Television, first demonstrated at the 1939 New York World's Fair by R.C.A., had made great technical strides by 1950, when color television was first introduced. The Columbia Broadcasting System commissioned Bemelmans to illustrate a promotional book, A Tale of Two Glimps, featuring the rabbit-like creatures for which he was well-known. The book presents side-by side illustrations, one in black-and-white, the other in color, with brief printed captions. One side features a pipe-smoking, bow-tie clad male glimp who owns a black-and-white set, the other a blond-tressed female glimp with a new color television. He is bored (even by the football game); she enjoys a variety of scintillating viewing experiences. In the end the black-and-white glimp marries the color glimp, they redecorate their new home in color and enjoy color television together. (19)
BEMELMANS' DRAWINGS FOR A EARLY PROMOTIONAL BOOK ON COLOR TELEVISION
Television, first demonstrated at the 1939 New York World's Fair by R.C.A., had made great technical strides by 1950, when color television was first introduced. The Columbia Broadcasting System commissioned Bemelmans to illustrate a promotional book, A Tale of Two Glimps, featuring the rabbit-like creatures for which he was well-known. The book presents side-by side illustrations, one in black-and-white, the other in color, with brief printed captions. One side features a pipe-smoking, bow-tie clad male glimp who owns a black-and-white set, the other a blond-tressed female glimp with a new color television. He is bored (even by the football game); she enjoys a variety of scintillating viewing experiences. In the end the black-and-white glimp marries the color glimp, they redecorate their new home in color and enjoy color television together. (19)