Elephant Presenting Flower to a Bird 1998

Year1998

Estate SignedBottom Right 

Condition Mint 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromGallery 

Story / Additional InfoElephant Presenting Flower To A Bird was created during Geisel's days at Dartmouth College. This time was an extremely prolific period for Geisel. As editor and political cartoonist for the school magazine, Jack-O-Lantern, Geisel's humorous artwork gained instant popularity. He also created a number of striking drawings and paintings during this mid-1920's, many evoking the mood and feel of art deco's rising popularity. Elephant Presenting Flower To A Bird strikes a wonderful balance between Geisel's sophisticated artistic compositions and his love for child-like absurdity. Although Horton, Geisel's wildly popular elephant character, didn't appear in a Seuss book until 1940, he makes his big screen debut in this early painting. The two Horton books, Horton hatches an Egg (1940) and Horton Hears A Who! (1954) each present a further exploration of the concepts laid out in Geisel's private work so many years earlier.
Elephant Presenting a Flower to a Bird
Hand-Pulled Serigraph On Canvas
Limited edition of:
375 Regular Edition
99 Patron Proofs
55 Collaborator Proofs
Image size: 21 x 47 inches 

Certificate of AuthenticityThe Chase Group, Llc 

LID122716

Dr. Seuss - United States

Art Brokerage: Dr. Seuss aka Theodor Geisel American Artist: b. 1904-1991. Theodor Seuss Geisel a.k.a Dr.Seuss, requires little introduction. He began his career as an editorial cartoonist in the 1920's and in the years that followed he delivered 44 children's books, over 400 World War II political cartoons, hundreds of advertisements and countless editorials filled with wonderfully inventive animals, characters and Seussian humor. While everyone may be familiar with Seuss book illustrations most of the public are unaware that Seuss was a visual artist who painted and sculpted for his own enjoyment. Secret Art and Unorthodox Taxidermy and bronze editions. Theodor Geisel (1904-1991), aka Doctor Seuss artwork is one of the most sought after collections today. UNORTHODOX TAXIDERMY was a collaborative effort between the artist and his first publisher to sell a collection of fantastical creatures created by Dr Seuss. Hailed by LOOK Magazine in 1938 as "The world's most eminent authority on unheard-of animals." These early works have been painstakingly recreated and offered by the estate as limited editions. For over 60 years, Dr. Seuss's illustrations brought a visual realization to his fantastic and imaginary worlds. His Secret Art works the paintings and sculptures he did at night for himself were rarely exhibited during his lifetime. Seuss always dreamed of sharing these works with his fans and had entrusted his wife, Audrey, to carry out his wishes once he was gone. Audrey believed that Ted himself would one day be evaluated not only as an author, but also as an artist in his own right. Listings wanted, we have buyers waiting.