Now in Stonehenge Gallery
The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection
Opens Friday, November 20, 2021 4:00 - 7:00
Special weekend hours for this exhibit, Saturday 1pm - 6pm and Sunday 11am - 4pm
Yawning Cat, by Dr. Seuss
For over 60 years, Dr. Seuss’s illustrations have brought a visual realization to his fantastic and imaginary worlds. His artistic talent went far beyond the printed page and yet, to this day, his Secret Art Collection is virtually unknown to the general public. Throughout his lifetime, Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) created paintings and sculpture which he secreted away at the Dr. Seuss Estate.
Stonehenge Gallery is sharing a compelling selection of artworks from The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection
Stonehenge Gallery, 401 Cloverdale Rd, Montgomery, Alabama, Friday, November 20 through Sunday, November 22.
Visitors can explore and acquire works from Dr. Seuss’s best-known children’s books, as well as The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, a mind-expanding collection based on decades of artwork which Dr. Seuss created at night for his own personal pleasure. Perhaps the wackiest and most wonderful elements of the collection are Dr. Seuss’s three-dimensional “Unorthodox Taxidermy” sculptures with names like The Carbonic Walrus, The Two-Horned Drouberhannis, and the Goo-Goo-Eyed Tasmanian Wolghast, to name a few.
Amazingly, despite the unprecedented demand during his lifetime, no limited-edition artworks were ever conceived, authorized, or created until this historic project began in 1997, six years after Geisel’s death. That year, this exclusive project put into motion a series of artworks and exhibitions which firmly established him as one of the most iconic artistic talents of the 20th century.
Each of these Estate-Authorized limited editions has been adapted and reproduced from Theodor Seuss Geisel’s original drawings, paintings, or sculptures. Additionally, each work bears a posthumously printed or engraved Dr. Seuss signature, identifying the work as an authorized limited edition commissioned by the Dr. Seuss Estate.
In her preface to the popular coffee table book on this collection, The Cat Behind the Hat, Audrey Geisel (Ted Geisel’s widow) writes: “I’m gratified to carry out Ted’s wishes and have these works revealed to the world.”
Please join us for a fascinating glimpse into the unique artistic vision of Theodor Seuss Geisel!
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
Aristotle
Stonehenge Gallery 401 Cloverdale Rd. Montgomery AL
334-262-8256
401 Cloverdale RD Montgomery AL 36106
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