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Lot Number
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154
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Author
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SHEPARD, E.H.
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Title
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"IT IS A LITTLE ANXIOUS... TO BE A VERY SMALL ANIMAL ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY WATER"
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Description
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247 by 195mm., ink drawing with minor gouache corrections, signed "EH Shepard" lower left, captioned in pencil below image, mounted, framed and glazed, browning on margin from previous mount
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Lot Note
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The artist has titled the drawing 'Rescue of Piglet' before quoting Milne's text. The drawing was reproduced, as a fullpage illustration, within Winnie-the-Pooh (published in 1926) on page 129. It accompanies chapter IX in which 'Piglet is entirely surrounded by water'.
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Estimated Price
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GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00( USD 45600.00 - USD 76000.00)
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Actual Price
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GBP 34,850.00 ( USD 52972.00)
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