The Egg Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree!
In this work, Ted Geisel has wrapped his Seussian wit and humor around an instantly relatable and timeless message - no matter how old you are, at one point in your life, you have been told you look like your mother, father, aunt…or George!
Family and heritage are familiar themes throughout Dr. Seuss’s work.
Whether a proud parent, an expecting couple, a son or a daughter, we all come from somewhere and our family shapes who we are or who we want to become. The pride and joy associated with our own family, or the new roots we may plant, are celebrated here with a nod and a wink from the good doctor.
“How wonderful to have a Family Tree that makes you want to proudly puff out your feathers!”
It’s Our First…Don’t You Think It Looks Like George?
Mixed-Media Pigment Print on Archival Canvas
Authorized Estate Edition
Image Size: 36” x 26” with additional canvas border
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers, 99 Patrons’ Collection, 155 Collaborators’ Proofs, 5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
RELEASE PRICE $1,995
The Rare and Unlikely Origin of
“Looks Like George”
This remarkable work was originally conceived in a series of paintings completed for the Thomas D. Murphy Calendar Company. Although Murphy’s owners were not the first to approach Dr. Seuss in the 1930s to commission artwork for a calendar (a mainstay of pop culture at the time), they were the only people successful in getting him to produce twenty-four artworks to be used in promotional calendars between 1935 and 1941.
Today, Dr. Seuss calendar cards are extremely rare and difficult to find, making this one of the most intriguing “lost” Dr. Seuss projects of the 20th century.
It’s Our First…Don’t You Think It Looks Like George? was first printed as a calendar card in 1937
A NARRATIVE OF LOVE AND FAMILY
When examining the works Ted Geisel created in the 1930s and 40s, one begins to see a narrative emerge amongst them, a relationship of paintings spanning across various commercial projects and Ted’s own private work that seems to link together and tell a compelling story of love and family.
The Stag at Eve
Serigraph on Archival Panel
Authorized Estate Edition
Image and Panel Size: 36” x 24”
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers, 99 Patrons’ Collection,155 Collaborators’ Proofs, 5 Hors d’Commerce
2,495 USD - Unframed
The narrative begins with the Stag, out for an evening at his local watering hole with all the possibilities and wonder of who he may meet….
I Wonder Where My Emma Is Tonight?
Mixed-Media Pigment Print on Archival Canvas
Authorized Estate Edition
Image Size: 35.75” x 25” with additional canvas border
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers, 99 Patrons’ Collection, 155 Collaborators’ Proofs, 5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
1,895 USD - Unframed
Visions of finding his mate swirl in his head, wondering who he may build a life with as two birds find each other atop his horns….
Antlered Animal Adoring Pink-Tufted Small Beast
Mixed-Media Pigment Print on Archival Canvas
Authorized Estate Edition
Image Size: 36” x 25” with additional canvas border
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers, 99 Patrons’ Collection, 155 Collaborators’ Proofs, 5 Hors d’Commerce, 2 Printer’s Proofs
1,895 USD - Unframed
Then, one day, he see’s the Pink Tufted Small Beast perched at the highest point of Ted’s impossibly elegant architecture, her too waiting for the moment that magic strikes…
It’s Our First…Don’t You Think It Looks Like George?
Mixed-Media Pigment Print on Archival Canvas
Authorized Estate Edition
Image Size: 36” x 26” with additional canvas border
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers, 99 Patrons’ Collection, 155 Collaborators’ Proofs, 5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
1,995 USD - Unframed
Like the birds huddled atop the Stag’s antlers, Ted brings us to the possibility of family and the pride and joy of the moment when “The Egg Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree”…
After Dark in the Park
Mixed-Media Pigment Print on Archival Canvas
Authorized Estate Edition
Image Size: 36” x 26.5” with additional canvas border
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers, 99 Patrons’ Collection, 155 Collaborators’ Proofs, 5 Hors d’Commerce
