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Early Babar Collection
| October 09, 2008
Link: Collection
| October 09, 2008
Currently in New York at the Morgan Library,
Drawing Babar: Early Drafts and Watercolors
September 19, 2008, through January 4, 2009
In 2004 the Morgan acquired the working drafts and printer-ready watercolors for Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (1931), the first book by Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937), and Babar et ce coquin d'Arthur (1946), the first book by Laurent de Brunhoff (b. 1925). Together these two collections—shown virtually in their entirety for the first time—provide an extraordinary record of the working methods of the two men, both painters turned storytellers.
from the NY Times: "For the essence of the Babar stories is order; they present a society whose cornerstones are peace, dignity and structure. It is not so much a world that never experiences disorder, in which there are no troubles or threats of chaos, as a world that knows how to control the extraordinary when it does appear. But it is also far from a militantly law-and-order civilization."
Babar had a profound effect on my youth, a world of exploration, peaceful interaction and diversity.
Link: Collection
Tags: babar, book, brunhoff, children, illustration
Topic: Illustration
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Peter Sung
on October 12, 2008 “I have to go check this out!! Thanks for the post.” |
