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BEMELMANS, Ludwig
Madeline
Pepito
each signed (lower right), Madeline with "LB" inkstamp on verso and numbered "1070" in ink
two watercolor drawings on paper (some pale matburn), each matted and framed
10 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (268 x 211 mm) and 12 x 9¾ in. (311 X 248 mm), sheet sizes

Pepito, the Spanish Ambassador's son who moves in next to the convent, appears in Madeline and the Bad Hat (1956). Both are bust portraits, and Pepito's shows him wearing his characteristic "bad hat" and scarf. (2)

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