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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN (1950- ) "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe." [LEWIS CARROLL]
Estimate:
$600 - $900
Sold
$1,235
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Illustration Art
Description
Typeset: JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN (1950- ) "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe." Opening page illustration of Humpty Dumpty with initial letter "T" for Zalben's illustrated edition of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky (New York & London: Frederick Warne, 1977). Watercolor on paper. 75x55 mm; 3x2¼ inches . Signed "Jane Breskin Zalben" in lower right.Exhibited: Justin Schiller Gallery, Morgan Library, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Award winning artist and illustrator Jane Breskin Zalben has produced picture books, chapter books, cook books and young adult novels as well as works of fine art. Among her most popular titles are An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball (1976), Jabbberwocky (1977), The Walrus and the Carpenter (1986), her series of Beni the Bear books, and Mousterpiece (2012), a witty introduction to Modern Art through the eyes of a little artistic mouse.