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The Art of Dr. Seuss

Complete collection of the Secret Art

Complete collection of the Illustration Art

We have Every SECRET ART Piece OF DR. SEUSS in stock and ready to ship!

The wildly imaginative creations included in the Secret Art Collection show a previously unseen dimension of Theodor Seuss Geisel's art. These sophisticated and whimsical paintings created for his own pleasure and never before shown to the public will enchant and amaze you. These fantastical images have the inimitable style of Geisel's alter ego Dr. Seuss, frequently depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly settings.

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RACING NORTH TO GET COOL - AVAILABLE FOR ORDER NOW
Ted Geisel dedicated McElligot’s Pool to his father, T.R. Geisel of Springfield, Mass., whom he pronounced “the world’s greatest authority on Blackfish, Fiddler Crabs and Deegel Trout. This book of whimsical rhymes is about Marco, a bold boy who withstands the taunts of a nay-saying farmer who’s convinced there are no fish to be caught in McElligott’s Pool.


In typical Seussian fashion, when confronted with the limitations of a situation, Geisel’s character, Marco, resorts to his powerful imagination to create an impressive reality of Seussian fish.

A 1947 “Caldecott Honor” book, McElligott’s Pool clearly stands out among Geisel’s artistic accomplishments and is one of just two Seuss books developed from vibrantly colored paintings, versus his traditional pen and ink illustrations.

Ted Geisel’s original paintings from this book remain out of the public eye and, to this day, are under the archival care of the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego. However this past April, guests attending the “Seuss San Diego” event were treated to a rare private viewing and were able to witness firsthand the luminous, compelling and extraordinary qualities of these award-winning paintings.

Now for the first time, we proudly present Racing North to Get Cool, a new hand-pulled serigraph on canvas from the McElligot’s Pool collection.

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22" H x 34" W | Edition Size: 850 | Serigraph on Canvas
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Anthony Drexel Goldfarb - NOW AVAILABLE AT ART on 5TH

While Anthony Drexel Goldfarb (circa 1934) has seen his name recycled by his creator as “Peeping Drexel” in Dr. Seuss’s 1939 The Seven Lady Godivas, its origin can’t be pinpointed to a specific person or influence. Suffice it to say, the name has all the flair of a Seussian invention — a marvelous one-of-a-kind creation, born into a small, ingenious circle of never-before-seen beasts of absurdity.

Anthony Drexel Goldfarb is presented as a wall-mounted, hand-painted, cast resin sculpture with leather ears, in a limited edition of 850. Collectors seeking to complete their Secret Art Taxidermy Series will take great joy in the charm and personality of this work. We look forward to speaking with you about this exceptional collecting opportunity.


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13" H x 9" W x 13" D | Edition Size: 850 | Resin Sculpture

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Wisdom of the Orient Cat

For Ted Geisel, a refined feline became his favorite muse, with no fewer than twenty-two cats throughout The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss book, plus the hundred or so cats in the painting A Plethora of Cats. Ultimately, the Cat became the icon for children’s literacy and is literally used as the logo on books from Random House’s Beginner Book Series.

Just as collectors respond to Monet’s “haystacks,” artworks containing Seuss’s signature cats are consistently collected with unbridled passion. In fact, works such as A Plethora of Cats, Joseph Katz and His Coat of Many Colors, Alley Cat for a Very Long Alley, Cat from the Wrong Side of the Tracks and Indistinct Cat with Cigar, have become the most sought-after works in the collection.

In Wisdom of the Orient Cat, Ted Geisel blends the ancient philosophical and spiritual elements of the Orient into a commanding, yet serene artwork. The term “Wisdom of the Orient” refers to a synthesis of beliefs and practices which includes the inspired contemplations of ancient Chinese proverbs. Seuss’s artistic intelligence provides poise and presence for these concepts, while avoiding the cartoonish pitfalls of merging the serious with the surreal, traps in which lesser artists are often found. Without a doubt, this has been the single most requested artwork from the Seuss collection over the past ten years.

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44" H x 22" W | Edition Size: 850 | Serigaph on Canvas

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Newest Dr. Seuss Artwork Available AT art on 5th:

Secret Art

  • Wisdom of the Orient Cat - NOW AT ART ON 5TH
  • View from a Window of a Rented Beach Cottage
  • Stag at Eve - NOW AT ART on 5th
  • Lion Stroll
  • Gosh! Do I look as old as all that!

Sculptures

  • Anthony Drexel Golfarb - NOW AT ART on 5th
  • Turtle Necked Sea Turtle - Now at ART on 5th
  • Goo-Goo Eyed Tasmanian Wolghast
  • Green Eggs and Ham Bronze Sculpture

Archive Works

  • King of the Pond (Yertle the Turtle)
  • The Earth Friendly Lorax
  • Grinch at Mt. Crumpit
  • Ted's Cat

Illustration Art

  • Cat in the Hat Diptych "We looked and then we saw him"
  • Sam I am Diptych
  • Oh, the Stuff you Will Learn! A portion of proceeds from sales of "Oh the Stuff you will Learn" go to Reading Is Fundamental.

Please see below for Sold Out pieces we have in inventory!

    ALL ARTWORK IS READY TO SHIP!
  • A Man Who Has Made an Unwise Purchase
  • A Plethora of Fish
  • An Alley Cat for a Very Long Alley
  • Andulovian Grackler
  • Artist Worrying About His Next Book
  • Cat Carnival in West Venice
  • Cat From the Wrong Side of the Track
  • Cat in the Hat Bronze
  • Elephant Presenting a Flower to a Bird
  • Every Girl Should have a Unicorn
  • Golden Girl
  • Grinch at Mt. Crumpit
  • Hotel Del Coronado
  • I'd Love to go to the Party...
  • Indistinct Cat with Cigar
  • Joseph Katz and His Coat of Many Colors
  • My Petunia Can Lick Your Geranium
  • Pink Tufted Small Beast in a Night Landscape
  • Plethora of Cats
  • Relaxed in Spite of it
  • Singing Cats
  • The Economic Situation Clarified
  • Ted's Cat
  • Tower of Babel
  • Venetian Cat Singing Oh Solo Meow
  • Self-Portait of the Artist as a Young Man Shaving
  • Blue-Green Abelard
  • Tufted Gustard
  • Two Horned Drouberhannis
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (If I can't find a reindeer, I'll make one instead!)
  • The Cat in the Hat - Thing One and Thing Two

Artworks Available at Art on 5th by Dr. Seuss:

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The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss

  • A Man Who Has Made an Unwise Purchase
  • An Alley Cat for a Very Long Alley
  • Artist Worrying About His Next Book
  • Cat Carnival in West Venice
  • Cat Detective in the Wrong Part of Town
  • Cat from the Wrong Side of the Track
  • Elephant Presenting a Flower to a Bird
  • Every Girl Should have a Unicorn
  • Fooling Nobody
  • Freebird
  • Golden Girl
  • Gosh! Do I look as old as all that!
  • Hotel Del Coronado
  • I'd Love to go to the Party...
  • Indistinct Cat with Cigar
  • Joseph Katz and His Coat of Many Colors
  • Joyous Leaping of Uncanned Salmon
  • Manly Art of Self-Defense
  • My Petunia Can Lick Your Geranium
  • Pink Tufted Small Beast in a Night Landscape
  • Plethora of Cats
  • Rather Odd Myopic Woman...
  • Relaxed in Spite of It
  • Self Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Shaving
  • Self Portrait of the Artist Worrying about His Next Book
  • Stag at Eve
  • The Economic Situation Clarified
  • Tower of Babel
  • Venetian Cat Singing Oh Solo Meow
  • View from a Window of a Rented Beach Cottage

The Archive Collection

  • A Plethora of Fish
  • Flower Fish
  • Grinch at Mt. Crumpit
  • Happy Grasshopper on a Mushroom
  • Horton Line Drawing
  • King of the Pond
  • Martini Bird
  • Sawfish with Such a Long Snout (McElligot’s Pool)
  • Sunbathing Bird
  • Ted’s Cat

Bronze Sculptures

  • Grinch Bronze
  • Cat in the Hat Bronze
  • Sam I Am Bronze

Taxidermy Sculptures

  • Goo-Goo Eyed Tasmanian Wolghast
  • Kangaroo Bird
  • Semi-Normal Green Lidded Fawn
  • The Mulberry Street Unicorn
  • Sawfish Sculpture
  • The Andulovian Grackler
  • Blue-Green Abelard
  • Tufted Gustard
  • Turtle-Necked Sea Turtle
  • Two Horned Drouberhannis

Lithographs

  • We looked and then we saw him
  • Sam I am Diptych
  • Oh, the Stuff you Will Learn!
  • Little Cats B, C and A
  • Would you, Could you, in a car?
  • Oh! the Places You'll Go
  • The Sneetches - Star-Belly Friends
  • The Lorax (Book Cover)
  • Yertle The Turtle - Turtle Tower
  • Hop on Pop
  • The Cat in the Hat - Thing One and Thing Two
  • The Cat in the Hat - Up, Up, Up with a Fish
  • The Cat in the Hat - I Like To Eat Cake In A Tub
  • Fox In Socks
  • The Bee Watcher-Watcher Watched The Bee-Watcher
  • Happy Birthday to You! - Cover Illustration
  • Happy Birthday To You! - Cover Illustration Diptych
  • Horton Hears a Who - The Speck Voice was Talking
  • Horton Hears a Who - They've Proved they are Persons
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - If I can't find a reindeer...
  • How The Grinch Stole Christmas! (Cover Drawing)
  • How The Grinch Stole Christmas! - If Santa Could Do It..
  • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
  • The Sneetches and Other Stories - Star-Belly Sneetch Machine
  • Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
  • Yertle The Turtle - Yertle was King of the Pond

Inquire for more info by calling 512.481.1111 or email to info@arton5th.com