Lot 119: BRUNHOFF, Jean de

"But at that moment, Babar was in Fernando's circus playing a trumpet, while Celeste danced..."
pen-and-ink on paper, matted and framed
9 1/4 x 9 3/4 in. (237 x 247 mm), sheet size

A preliminary drawing of Celeste in her tutu being directed by the animal tamer Fernando. The finished drawing was published in Babar's Travels (1935), p.[28].