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Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "Who laid this round, red egg in my beautiful, beautiful nest?"
Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "Who laid this round, red egg in my beautiful, beautiful nest?"
Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "Who laid this round, red egg in my beautiful, beautiful nest?"

Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "Who laid this round, red egg in my beautiful, beautiful nest?"

Artist Roger Duvoisin (American, born in Switzerland, 1900-1980)
Datepublished 1968
CultureAmerican
MediumGouache, black ink and collage on paper mounted to illustration board
DimensionsImage: 19.4 x 26 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.) Sheet: 19.4 x 26 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.) Mount: 23.5 x 31.8 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of the artist and family
Object number85.005.001.04
Exhibition History- Donkey-donkey, Petunia, and Other Pals: Drawings by Roger Duvoisin, 07/11/2015-06/26/2016, Zimmerli Art Museum, Duvoisin Gallery
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Image Not Available for Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "An egg is a precious thing.... It is just the color of my bright red feathers. ...Since it's in coot's nest, she's the one who should hatch it."
Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "An egg is a precious thing.... It is just the color of my bright red feathers. ...Since it's in coot's nest, she's the one who should hatch it."
Roger Duvoisin
published 1968
Image Not Available for Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "A small boy ... reached his hand right down into the coot's nest. "Look!' he called in surprise. 'Come see where I found my lost ball.'"
Illustration design for The Remarkable Egg: "A small boy ... reached his hand right down into the coot's nest. "Look!' he called in surprise. 'Come see where I found my lost ball.'"
Roger Duvoisin
published 1968
Image Not Available for Illustration for pages 10 and 11 from The Remarkable Egg
Illustration for pages 10 and 11 from The Remarkable Egg
Roger Duvoisin
published 1968
Image Not Available for Frontispiece illustration for The Remarkable Egg
Frontispiece illustration for The Remarkable Egg
Roger Duvoisin
published 1968
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Illustration design for Snowy and Woody, pages 8-9: "...Snowy plunges into the sea and sets out. Kitty shows him the way. They travel for days and days, until one morning they come to a beautiful green country...."
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Alternate endpaper design for A for the Ark
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Image Not Available for Group entry for The Remarkable Egg
Group entry for The Remarkable Egg
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undated
Image Not Available for Group entry for The Remarkable Egg
Group entry for The Remarkable Egg
Roger Duvoisin
published 1968
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I found a lizard egg, tiny and white and round. from Izzard
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