Collection of four original watercolours, all preliminary sketches for the famous work "Babar en Amerique".
[Paris, not after 1965].
On two sheets, each signed "LB" or "Laur de Brunhoff". 305:210 mm.
$49,212.00
The first of the charming watercolours shows Babar preparing for his trip by changing his crown to a black hat and packing his suitcases. The others show Babar boarding his plane and the famous elephant visiting a jazz club and an antique store in New York after his arrival in the United States. Prefectly preserved, from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York.