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The Art of Dr. Seuss
Twenty Five Years Through The Wrong End Of The Telescope - June 15 - July 16
Dr. Seuss
Thursday June 15, 2023 - Sunday July 16, 2023
6:00-8:00

        
Gunnar Nordstrom and our La Petite Galerie located in the Marina District of Downtown Kirkland is pleased to host this Special Exhibit for a limited engagement!

Once a year we are pleased to offer a Special Traveling Exhibit of works by The Art of Dr. Seuss in addition to our ongoing representation.

For over 60 years, Dr. Seuss's illustrations have brought a visual realization to his fantastic and imaginary worlds. His artistic talent went far beyond the printed page and yet, to this day, his Secret Art Collection is virtually unknown to the general public. Throughout his lifetime, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) created paintings and sculpture, which he secreted away at the Dr. Seuss Estate.

Visitors may explore and acquire works from Dr. Seuss's best-known children's books, as well as The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, a mind-expanding collection based on decades of artwork, which Dr. Seuss created at night for his own personal pleasure.  

Additionally, Ted's cat was never far from his artist thoughts. He drew himself as The Cat Behind the Hat, his cat was the protagonist in several of his Secret Art paintings and, as a fun aside, many of his early advertisements and cartoons had a "cat bystander" witnessing all the action. They hinted at his adventures across the world, his reclusive sensibility despite his fame, and his penchant for the childlike fantasy and humor, which infused nearly every facet of his life.

Despite the unprecedented demand during his lifetime, no limited edition artworks were ever conceived, authorized, or created until this historic project began in 1997, six years after Geisel's death. That year, celebrating 25 Years, this exclusive project put into motion a series of artworks and exhibitions, which firmly established him as one of the most iconic artistic talents of the 20th century.

Each of these Estate-Authorized limited editions has been adapted and reproduced from Theodor Seuss Geisel's original drawings, paintings, or sculptures. Additionally, each work bears a posthumously printed or engraved Dr. Seuss signature, identifying the work as an authorized limited edition commissioned by the Dr. Seuss Estate.

In her preface to the popular coffee table book on this collection, The Cat Behind the Hat, Audrey Geisel (Ted Geisel's widow) writes, "I'm gratified to carry out Ted's wishes and have these works revealed to the world." Join us for a fascinating glimpse into the unique artistic vision of Theodor Seuss Geisel!

                  

Soar to High Heights
25 x 36 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Kid, You'll Move Mountains - Concept Drawing
25.25 x 36 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Fooling Nobody
36 x 24 Inches  Limited Edition Serigraph on Canvas
Flower Fish
24 x 36 Inches  Serigraph on Canvas
That Rather Odd Myopic Woman Riding Piggyback on One of Helen's Many Cats
34 x 16.5 Inches  Serigraph on Paper
The Stag at Eve
36 x 24 Inches  Serigraph on Board
After Dark in the Park
36 x 24 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Relaxed in Spite of It
30 x 49 Inches  Serigraph on Paper
A Man who made an Unwise Purchase
36 x 27 Inches  Serigraph on Canvas
Firebird
22 x 44 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Cat in Obsolete Shower Bath
36 x 28 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Minor-Cat Miner in a High Yield Emerald Mine
36 x 27 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
That Winter Spring Came Late
29 x 25 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Love and Music
36 x 28.25 Inches  Mixed Media on Canvas
Chase in the Forest
36 x 26.5 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
I Wonder Where My Emma is Tonight?
35.75 x 25 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Antlered Animal Adoring Pink-Tufted Small Beast
36 x 25 Inches  Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Lonely
24 x 30.5 Inches  Mixed Media Pigment Print on Canvas
An Intolerable Situation for a Cat
Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Birds and Trees
Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
A Large Family of Dilemmas - Paris Edition
Serigraph on Canvas
Lorax Book Cover
17 x 15 Inches  Lithograph on Paper
Turtle Tower
24 x 14 Inches  Lithograph on Paper
Black Fish...Blue Fish...Old Fish...New Fish
9 x 12 Inches  Limited Edition Reproduction
On the Far Away Island of Salamasond, Yertle the Turtle was King of the Pond
9 x 12 Inches  Limited Edition Reproduction
Do you like Green Eggs and Ham?
14.25 x 17 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Just North of Who-Ville
36 x 31.75 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish - 60th Anniversary
29 x 23 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Cover Deluxe
26 x 36 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Cover Illustration
16.5 x 20.5 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Cat in the Hat 60th Anniversary
29 x 25 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Do you Like Green Eggs and Ham? Diptych
14 x 32.5 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Knox in box. Fox in socks.
14 x 11 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Knox in box. Fox in socks. Diptych
17.5 x 26.5 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
The Grinch 60th Anniversary
29 x 26 Inches  Mixed Media Pigment Print on Paper
All I Need Is A Reindeer
20 x 17.5 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
No One Is You'er than You
Pigment Print Mixed Media on Canvas
Cats C, B and A
17 x 13 Inches  Serigraph on Paper
The Cat that Changed the World
53 x 42 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Yawning Cat
17 x 52.5 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
And then who should come up but the CAT IN THE HAT!
13.75 x 20.5 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Look at Me, Look at Me
Pigment Print on Paper
A Plethora of Flowers
24 x 36 Inches  Mixed Media Pigment Print on Canvas
The More That You Read, The More Things You Will Know (Single)
13.5 x 17 Inches  Pigment Print on Paper
Cat in the Hat - Sold Out
15 x 7.5 x 12 Inches  Bronze
Green Eggs and Ham Maquette
20.5 x 9 x 8 Inches  Bronze
The Lorax 50th Anniversary
55 x 26 Inches  Serigraph on Paper
Grinch At Mount Crumpit - Anniversary Print
55 x 26 Inches  Serigraph on Paper
The Goo-Goo Eyed Tanzmanian Wolghast
17.75 x 15.25 x 15 Inches  Sculpture
Kangaroo Bird
22.5 x 9.5 x 17.5 Inches  Sculpture
Semi Normal Green Lidded Fawn
23 x 30 x 28 Inches  Sculpture
Mulberry Street Unicorn
14 x 7 x 9 Inches  Sculpture
Cruel Hack-Biter
5.25 x 25 x 1.5 Inches  Hand-Painted Cast Resin
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