'On Christmas Eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed.' (Illustration for The Polar Express )
$500
CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG (B. 1949)
'On Christmas Eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed.' (Illustration for The Polar Express)
signed and dated 'C. Van Allsburg 1984' (lower right)
pastel on brown paper
image, 9 ¼ x 22 in. (23.5 x 55.9 cm.);
sheet, 12 ½ x 23 ¾ in. (31.8 x 60.3 cm.)
Executed in 1984.