Do you Like Green Eggs and Ham?
17in x 14.25in | 43.18cm x 36.2cm
28in x 26.5in | 71.12cm x 67.31cm
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Adapted posthumously from an early concept drawing and the final illustration for the 1960 book, Green Eggs and Ham. “Green Eggs and Ham” was born out of a $50 wager between Dr. Seuss and his publisher, Bennett Cerf, who bet he couldn’t write an articulate, entertaining book using only fifty different words. The result was a 62-page volume composed of 49 monosyllabic words and a fiftieth three-syllable word “anywhere.”
When Cerf heard Ted’s first reading of the book, he seemed dazed, shaking his head over the clear triumph of Green Eggs and Ham, which had begun as their private joke. Although he conceded the fifty-dollar bet, Ted cheerily “complained” throughout his life that Cerf never paid up.
A small price for what ultimately became a national treasure. Ted Geisel had a unique ability to cut to the heart of the matter. He would spend as much as a year on a new book, tacking up written pages and pencil drawings across the corkboard walls of his studio. Slowly, over the course of many months, he would sift through his work in search of the simplest, most powerful ideas to propel his story forward. Ted’s dedication to such simplicity can be seen here in his concept drawing for this work. The lower right-hand corner reveals his “word count” to be certain he doesn’t exceed the 50-word challenge.
This piece is a Pigment Limited Edition on acid-free paper with an authorised printed signature by Dr. Seuss.
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Dr. Seuss
From early advertising and editorial cartoons to seventy years of paintings, drawings, and sculpture, Dr. Seuss's horned, whiskered, and winged creatures played while contemplating the issues of the world within deco-inspired landscapes of pure nonsense. The iconographic images became the basis of Ted's most well-known books for children and highlighted the vital importance of unimpeded childhood fun. Dr. Seuss has surpassed nearly all 20th century artists in this regard, having now sold over 650 million books worldwide.
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