{"product_id":"tea-with-arthur-and-celeste-histoire-de-babar-jean-de-brunhoff-babar-print","title":"Tea with Arthur and Céleste · Histoire de Babar · Jean de Brunhoff Babar Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTea with Arthur and Céleste\u003c\/strong\u003e - a plate from Jean de Brunhoff's Histoire de Babar, 1931.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted from the 1931 first edition, with the white of the page left open around the drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, published in Paris in 1931, is the first Babar book: the little elephant runs from the hunter to the city, is befriended by the Old Lady, buys himself a green suit, learns his lessons, and returns to the great forest to be crowned king. Many of its drawings sit on the open white page with no frame or background, which gives the book its light, airy look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJean de Brunhoff (1899-1937) was a Paris painter who invented Babar from a bedtime story his wife Cécile told their two young sons. He painted the first book, Histoire de Babar, in 1931, and six more followed, the last two published after his death at 37. Printed large, in the generous album format he chose, with his own handwriting in place of type, they became some of the best-loved picture books ever made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrepared from a high-resolution scan of the original, keeping the soft watercolour washes and the texture of the paper. Made to order on cotton-fibre archival paper at the one size the plate is cut to, with the mount and frame cut and finished by hand here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Babar","offers":[{"title":"24cm x 34cm","offer_id":55497871458645,"sku":"BABAR049-M-34X24","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/6414\/6261\/files\/gallery-0_933ca067-7727-4319-874f-f569cb0af175.jpg?v=1792839843","url":"https:\/\/theposteredit.com\/products\/tea-with-arthur-and-celeste-histoire-de-babar-jean-de-brunhoff-babar-print","provider":"The Poster Edit","version":"1.0","type":"link"}