I went to a show of Dr. Seuss's fine art works on Monday in Laguna Beach. It was pretty cool to see his work on a large scale, along with about a dozen sculptures of his unique animals. While the prints were nice (many of them come from actual paintings he did that he never sold), it was also clear Seuss himself had little to do with the prints. He didn't supervise the making of screens, or even select the works. It was also clear that they were being marketed as investments (similar to all the prints of, say, Dali and Chagall that have flooded the print markets). The guy who worked in the gallery said they were a good deal. $1,500 to $3,000 for a work where--"
some of the early prints have gone up in value to $25,000 in a few years." Which, naturally, made me suspicious. Worth seeing, but not buying...
From a press release: "In 1997, The Chase Group acquired exclusive worldwide rights to publish the work of Dr. Seuss as limited edition prints. Along with publishing certain book illustrations, Chase is making available editions of Seuss’s, "Secret Art". These are paintings that Geisel painted for his own pleasure and never before shown to the public and exhibit a more sophisticated, technically accomplished and quite unrestrained side to his talent."
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