An iconic illustration by E. H. Shepard shows Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, and Christopher Robin standing on what is the Posingford Bridge in Sussex and gazing silently at the river below them. It appears in chapter six of A. A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner published in 1928. Sotheby's, in a December 2014 sale, called it "Probably the most famous and evocative book illustration of the twentieth century." One year earlier, the auction house had sold Shepard's long-unseen preliminary pencil sketch as well. Here they are together with their respective auction listings.
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/english-literature-history-childrens-books-illustrations-l14408/lot.274.html |
The preliminary sketch:
http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/english-literature-history-l13408/lot.397.html |
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