Horton 60th Anniversary

Click to view image Call 650-322-2200 for pricing Dimensions:  29” x 32”  Medium: Serigraph on Paper Edition Size:  395 Availability:  Sold out at publisher but still available at Peabody Gallery Year of Release:  2014 Adapted posthumously from the illustration for the 1954 book, Horton Hears a Who!Dr. Seuss had a fascination with animals that began when he was two years old and the family moved to the Fairfield Street house that would be Ted’s home until leaving for Dartmouth. From his open bedroom window, Ted could hear the night cries of animals at the Springfield Zoo in nearby Forest Park. It wouldn’t be long before excursions to the Zoo were a regular occurrence for Ted and his sketchpad—that’s when fascination turned to love.In Horton Hatches the Egg (1940), the compassionate pachyderm named Horton was born. Then in 1954 with the publication of Horton Hears a Who!, this classic creature, with his soulful eyes skyrocketed into one of the most heroic children’s book characters of a