Do You Like Green Eggs and Ham? (Diptych and Single)

Diptych

The Arabic portion of this artwork is sold out. Acquisition opportunities are extremely rare and available on a case by case basis. To learn more please contact us here.

NOTE: The Collaborator Proof edition has been reserved for important public exhibitions, major gallery retrospectives, and select private collections.

Image Size: 10.75” x 14” (each)
Paper Size: 14.25” x 32.5”

Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
155 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’ Commerce
2 Printer’s Proofs

Single - Right Image Only
495 USD - Unframed
International Purchases: Prices are shown in US Dollars only and do not reflect local exchange rates. Local taxes, import duties or shipping & handling are not included. Please contact a gallery for local pricing.

Fine Art Pigment Print on Acid-Free Paper
Authorized Estate Edition

Image Size: 10.75” x 14”
Paper Size: 14.25” x 17”

Limited Edition of 2500 Arabic Numbers
155 Collaborators’ Proofs

Adapted posthumously from an early concept drawing and the final illustration for the 1960 book, Green Eggs and Ham.

Green Eggs and Ham was born out of a $50 wager between Dr. Seuss and his publisher, Bennett Cerf, who bet he couldn’t write an articulate, entertaining book using only fifty different words. The result was a 62-page volume composed of 49 monosyllabic words and a fiftieth three-syllable word “anywhere.” When Cerf heard Ted’s first reading of the book, he seemed dazed, shaking his head over the clear triumph of Green Eggs and Ham, which had begun as their private joke. Although he conceded the fifty-dollar bet, Ted cheerily “complained” throughout his life that Cerf never paid up. A small price for what ultimately became a national treasure.