Print Description
Watercolour gouache on wove paper. on paper.
Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 50.8 x 36.5 cm. The image size is ca. 50.8 x 36.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 20 x 14.4 inch. The image size is ca. 20 x 14.4 inch.
Original drawing, untitled. An original design for a Pipo de Clown book illustration. The plate shows Snuf and Snuitje (the main antagonists of Pipo) having run into a polar bear with their car, which has a chest of treasure on the back. Pipo and his wife witness this from a reindeer sled in the background. Pipo de Clown is a famous Dutch character from an early Dutch television series. Later spin-offs included books, movies and records. Signed in the right edge of the image. The annotation DD41 on te rear suggests this may have been used in Donald Duck (magazine). Provenance: From a private collection.Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Jan Wesseling’ after own design. Jan Anthonius Wesseling (1925-1999) is best known as an illustrator, although he has also made some comics. He studied advertising, but was sent to work in Germany during WWII. During the war he kept his artistic ambitions alive by drawing portraits of factory co-worker’s family members. After the war he was sent to Indonesia where he was drawing for several soldier’s magazines. He joined the Marten Toonder Studios in 1956. Wesseling turned to illustration after this and made designs for Donald Duck, Okki, Bobo, Tina and Pipo de Clown as well as book cover illustrations for many famous Dutch children’s books.
Condition: Very good, given age. Sheet a little browned, some faint soiling in the margins. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Keywords: ANTIQUE DRAWING-PIPO DE CLOWN-POLAR BEAR-COLLISION-TREASURE-WESSELING
PCO-B3-15
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