ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>Pinnacle Art Group</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../styles.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <ul> <li class="currentArt"><a href="../currentart.html"><span>Current Art</span></a></li> <li class="soldOut"><a href="../soldout.html"><span>Sold Out</span></a></li> <li class="newReleases"><a href="../newreleases.html"><span>New Releases</span></a></li> <li class="location"><a href="../location.html"><span>Location</span></a></li> </ul> <a href="../index.html" id="logo"><img src="../images/logo.gif" /></a> </div> <div id="headerImage"> <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/headerImage01.jpg" /></a> </div> <div class="home copy" id="horton"> <div class="col left"> <h1>Green Eggs and Ham 50th Anniversary</h1> <ul class="list"> <li>Artist: Dr. Seuss</li> <li>Medium: Hand Pulled Serigraph on Paper</li> <li>Size: 26" W &#215; 55" H</li> <!--<li>&nbsp;</li> <li>Edition: </li> <li>1/850  850/850 Arabic Numbers</li> <li>CP 1/155 CP 155/155 Collaborators&rsquo; Proofs</li> <li>I/XCIX  XCIX/XCIX Patrons&rsquo; Collection Serigraphs</li> <li>HP 1/5  HP 5/5 Hors d Commerce</li>--> <li>&nbsp;</li> <li>Opening Price: <a href="mailto:info@pinnacleartgroup.com">Please Inquire</a></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dear Dr. Seuss Dealers and Collectors,</p> <p><i>50th Anniversary Green Eggs & Ham</i></p> <p>Green Eggs and Ham, the critically acclaimed 1960 book was born out of a $50 wager between Ted and his publisher, Bennett Cerf, who bet he couldn&rsquo;t write an articulate, entertaining book using only fifty different words. The result was a 62-page volume composed of 49 monosyllabic words  the words used most included &ldquo;not&rdquo; (eighty-two times) and ldquo;I&rdquo; (eighty-one times)  and a fiftieth three syllable word &ldquo;anywhere,&rdquo; which Ted called upon just eight times to complete this legendary masterpiece. When Bennett Cerf heard Ted&rsquo;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. He made a ceremony of conceding Ted his fifty-dollar bet, but Ted&rsquo;s recollection was that Cerf never paid. Ted Geisel&rsquo;s stunning accomplishment on Green Eggs and Ham contributed to Bennett Cerf&rsquo;s conclusion that of the many distinguished authors published by Random House  including American playwright Eugene O&rsquo;Neill and novelist William Faulkner  Dr. Seuss, alone among them, was a genius. In May of 1960, the New York Times listed best-selling children&rsquo;s books for that year; five of the top sixteen were by Dr. Seuss. Booksellers could not remember when a single author had so dominated the market. In the year 2000, Publisher s Weekly ranked Green Eggs and Ham the fourth bestselling English-language children&rsquo;s book of all time and the National Education Association&rsquo;s survey of children and teachers ranked it third in their 100 most popular books. Now, on the eve of this book&rsquo;s Golden Anniversary, we proudly announce a special fiftieth anniversary print commemorating Green Eggs and Ham&rsquo;s vital impact on the worlds of pop and literary culture. </p> <p>Best regards,</p> <p> Bill Dreyer<br /> <i>Curator, Art of Dr. Seuss Collection</i> </p> <p><a href="../newreleases.html">&larr; Back to New Releases</a></p> </div> <div class="col" style="margin: 40px 0 0 20px;"> <img src="../images/geah.jpg" /> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p>Seuss text and characters &copy; Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. 2008. All Rights reserved.</p> <span>site by: <a href="http://www.visualhero.com">Visualhero</a></span> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </body> </html>