Christopher Robin and Piglet: 'It was the short for Tresspassers will'

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ERNEST HOWARD SHEPARD (BRITISH, 1879-1976)
Christopher Robin and Piglet: 'It was the short for Tresspassers will'
signed with initials 'EHS.' (lower left) and inscribed 'Winnie the pooh / p. 32' (lower left) and further inscribed '"It was the short for / Tresspassers [sic] will"' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'Ernest H Shepard / Woodmancote / Lodsworth / Sussex / England' (on the reverse)
pencil, pen and black ink on wove paper
7 ¼ x 5 3⁄8 in. (18.6 x 13.9 cm.)

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with Walker's Galleries, London where purchased by The Carpenter Family, Minnesota, August 1956, and by descent in the family.

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The present lot is an unpublished illustration relating to the beginning of the third chapter of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926). Piglet is showing Christopher Robin the sign next to his 'grand house in the middle of a beech-tree'. Robin asks Piglet what the sign means - with Piglets response 'it was short for Trespassers Will'.

Shepard has drawn the illustration with such fluidity; he captures the essence and animation of the pairs' conversation.

Christopher Robin and Piglet: 'It was the short for Tresspassers will'

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