1202 - Tomi Ungerer, Alles Gute kommt vom Bogen, hand-signed colour offset print with rainbow

Tomi Ungerer, Alles Gute kommt vom Bogen, hand-signed colour offset print with rainbow (1931 Strasbourg – 2019 Cork), colour offset print on paper, signed in pencil lower right, numbered 182/300 lower left, titled verso in another hand. A broad rainbow arches over a hilly landscape laid out in shades of blue and green; A river and colorful paths wind through the valley, at the centre a stone bridge of several arches crosses the water, at the lower right a small group of houses lies behind a fence, on the rise above it a church with a pointed steeple. The sheet was produced in collaboration with the Siegwerk paint works. Good condition. Image 23.5 x 21 cm (HxW), mount, behind glass, framed, frame partially rubbed, overall size 52 x 42 cm (HxW) Tomi Ungerer was born in Strasbourg in 1931 and died in Cork, Ireland, in 2019. His work comprises more than 140 books and ranges from children's books through socially critical drawings and aphorisms to posters; in 1957 he went to New York, where he worked for the great American magazines, and in 1976 he moved to Ireland. For his life's work as an illustrator of children's books he received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998, and in 2018 he was appointed Commander of the Legion of Honour. Since 2007 the Musée Tomi Ungerer in Strasbourg has held his estate; it was the first French museum dedicated to a living artist.