1198 - Tomi Ungerer, "Es tut gut, den Regenbogen im Haus zu haben", Siegwerk print, workers in factory hall

Tomi Ungerer, "Es tut gut, den Regenbogen im Haus zu haben", Siegwerk print, workers in factory hall (1931 Strasbourg – 2019 Cork), colour offset/paper, unsigned, numbered lower left 182/300, titled on the reverse in another hand, made in collaboration with the Siegwerk ink factory, three workers in grey clothing, one with a blue cap, pull the rainbow through a large gate into the hall to the printing press, behind them a gentleman with glasses and tie with outstretched arm, on the right the green printing press with rollers before ashlar masonry, good condition, image 23.5x21.5 cm (HxW), passe-partout, glazed, framed, blue-green frame, frame rubbed in places, overall 52x42 cm (HxW) The Alsatian Tomi Ungerer, born in Strasbourg in 1931 and died in Cork, Ireland, in 2019, left around 40,000 drawings. His children's books include "The Three Robbers" (1961), "Moon Man" (1966) and "Zeralda's Ogre" (1970); in 1998 he received the Hans Christian Andersen Award. In the mid-1960s his satirical cartoon volumes "The Underground Sketchbook" and "The Party" appeared, taking aim at New York high society. The Siegburg family business Siegwerk, with which this sheet was made, supplies inks from illustration gravure to flexible packaging.