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Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
Dr. Seuss, Turtle-Necked Sea Turtle

Name: Dr. Seuss, Turtle-Necked Sea Turtle
Brand: Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
Rating: 4.3 (4 reviews)

About the Item

Dr. Seuss Turtle-Necked Sea Turtle 12 x 22 x 16.5 inches Hand Painted Cast Resin sculpture Adapted posthumously from the original 1930s plaster, turtle shell, and oil on wood mount sculpture. Every January the National Boat Show is held in New York City. In 1937 Standard Oil wanted something elaborate from Dr. Seuss for the show. Ted topped his previous efforts by using a collection of his seven Marine Muggs sculptures for the Essomarine booth. The January 1937 issue of Yachting magazine highlighted their appearance: “From the briny depths of the imagination of the famous designer, Dr. Seuss, whose murals have been a feature of Essomarine’s recent Show exhibits, comes a collection of the weirdest denizens of the deep ever imagined in the wildest nightmare of a skipper. The anatomy and peculiar appearance of certain of these creatures have caused so much speculation that their origin has at last been divulged. It is said that many of these monstrosities were sighted in out of the way spots by Seuss Admirals and reported to Admiral-in-Chief Seuss during the course of a year’s cruising.” The Turtle-Necked Sea-Turtle is one of the seven “Marine Muggs.” Theodor Seuss Geisel (March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, book publisher, and artist, best known for authoring children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. His work includes several of the most popular children's books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death. Geisel adopted his "Dr. Seuss" pen name during his university studies at Dartmouth College and the University of Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications. He also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for the New York newspaper PM. He published his first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the United States Army where he produced several short films, including Design for Death, which later won the 1947 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. After the war, Geisel focused on children's books, writing classics such as If I Ran the Zoo (1950), Horton Hears a Who! (1955), If I Ran the Circus (1956), The Cat in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), and Green Eggs and Ham (1960). He published over 60 books during his career, which have spawned numerous adaptations, including 11 television specials, four feature films, a Broadway musical, and four television series. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958 for Horton Hatches the Egg and again in 1961 for And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. Geisel's birthday, March 2, has been adopted as the annual date for National Read Across America Day, an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association.

Creator:
Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel) (1904 - 1991, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)Depth: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)
Medium:
Resin
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
1990-1999
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Miami, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU57832195773

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