A Song Worth Singing
Fifty States. 250 Years. One Great Big Song.
The Cat in the Hat is back in this incredibly rare, long-lost (and recently discovered) concept drawing. This time he is leading a chorus from coast to coast. Sing the Fifty States, the newest Capsule Collection release, turns the map of America into something you can almost hear.
Words bounce. Names dance. The journey unfolds with rhythm, rhyme, and a familiar guide who knows his way around a good adventure.
“This is learning as Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) intended… out loud, on your feet, and with a smile.”
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Pigment Print on Paper
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Image Size: 17” x 25”
Limited Edition of 195 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
55 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
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The Pursuit of Happiness
A Discovery, 250 Years in the Making
In a recent visit to the Dr. Seuss archives, something unexpected and remarkable was uncovered. Tucked among sketches and notes was a complete manuscript for an unpublished book. Its purpose was simple and joyful: teach children the names of all fifty states through rhyme.
As the United States marks 250 years, that voice returns. Sing the Fifty States arrives as a celebration of curiosity, learning, and the shared experience of discovering something new together. There is a spirit here that feels familiar. The pursuit of happiness lives within the work and you can imagine the joy of a song unlocking the magic of learning.
An original sketch for the book, Sing the 50 United States!, from the UC San Diego Archives.
It Started with a Rhyme
“Before there was the Cat, there was a kitchen.”
Ted Geisel’s mother had a way with words. At night, while putting Ted to sleep, she would recite pie recipes in rhyme, turning simple instructions into something lively and memorable. It was music without instruments and a rhythm that stayed with Ted throughout his life.
Early Dr. Seuss drawing featuring his mom’s pies featured in The Secrets of the Deep coffee table book.
In his world, music and reading belonged together. When Ted succeeded in music lessons, his mother would take him across the street to their local bookshop to pick out something to read. Practice your scales, earn your story, it was that simple. Words were meant to be heard, repeated, and enjoyed. Rhyming became a tool and cadence became a guide.
Sing the Fifty States carries that idea forward. Each name becomes part of a pattern and invites participation. The Cat steps in and keeps the tempo, turning geography into something playful and alive.
This is what Ted did best. He made learning feel like play.
Your Place in the Song
Everyone remembers learning something
for the first time
A word. A place. A rhythm that made it easier to recall. Maybe it was said out loud. Maybe it was repeated until it felt natural. Maybe it became something you carried with you, long after the lesson was over. The recently published Sing the 50 United States! lives in that space. It connects the past with the present.
Rough sketches for Sing the 50 United States!
The newly discovered, previously unpublished Dr. Seuss book to be released in the Summer of 2026.
Just as many Dr. Seuss picture books famously do, it brings together memory, family, and the moments that shape us. It is something shared across generations and passed from voice to voice, from one set of hands to the next.
Ted’s work also speaks to a shared experience of being American. Of being part of a story still unfolding. Of belonging to a country that strives toward unity, justice, and the freedom to grow and thrive. This is where personal history meets something larger: where learning becomes legacy and the song continues, long after it is first heard.
Pigment Print on Paper
Authorized Estate Edition
Image Size: 17” x 25”
Limited Edition of 195 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
55 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
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Continue the Journey with the Capsule Collection
“These releases are intimate, highly rare editions that offer a glimpse into the unseen corners of Ted Geisel’s creative world.”
The Capsule Collection is built around a simple idea: discovery. They feel less like traditional releases and more like finding something long hidden, waiting to be uncovered.
The first capsule work, That Vug Under the Rug, sold out in just three days, setting the tone for a collection defined by rarity, curiosity, and quiet excitement. Each new addition continues that spirit. While many of Dr. Seuss’s most beloved images are widely known, these works invite us behind the scenes, into sketches, ideas, and moments that expand our understanding of his imagination.
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Pigment Print on Acid-free Paper
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Image Size: 20” x 25
Limited Edition of 125 Arabic Numbers,
99 Patrons’ Collection prints
55 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
To be challenged by the unknown is something we have all experienced in large and small ways: our first days at school, the first days on a new job, or moving to a new city. Such challenges are what shape us and define our lives.
And so it was for Dr. Seuss’s long-time Secretary, Claudia Prescott when she took the job 50 years ago.
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Pigment Print on Paper
Authorized Estate Edition
Image Size: 17” x 25”
Limited Edition of 195 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
55 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
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Words And Images That Move and Engage
Ted Geisel loved the sound of language and the imagery of music. From early works like Incidental Music for a New Year’s Eve Party to the rhythmic energy found throughout his stories, there is always a sense of movement in his work. Words rise and fall. Phrases repeat and resolve and imagery sparks our imagination.
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Serigraph on Archival Canvas
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Image Size: 22” x 36” with additional canvas border
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
155 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce
Adapted posthumously from the circa 1932 original, first published in black and white in the January 2, 1932 issue of Judge magazine
Ted’s propensity for the mechanically outrageous is obvious in Incidental Music for a New Year’s Eve Party, which was published as a black-and-white center spread in Judge magazine on January 2, 1932, and again in color in the Danish magazine Illustreret Familie-Journal, circa 1932. This work embodies all the best of Ted’s musically exaggerated imagination and is an early hallmark that set the stage for an elaborate history of made-up vehicles, machines, and instruments.
(A second state of 395 prints on canvas were created in black and white and numbered 1/395-395/395.)
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Mixed-Media Pigment Print on Archival Canvas
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Image Size: 36” x 28.25” with additional canvas border
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers
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155 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
Adapted posthumously from an original painting by Theodor Seuss Geisel (“Dr. Seuss”).
Many writers often start out as avid readers. Ted was an avid reader who struggled through weekly piano lessons to be able to “win” the book of his choice at Johnson’s Book Store. This was a bargain he struck with his mother who, a pianist herself, believed in the power of music to enrich one’s life. If Ted did well, he was allowed to choose a book after class. These efforts paid off and in high school Ted learned to play both the mandolin and the banjo. Not only did he organize the Mandolin Club, his yearbook reported that he gave mandolin and banjo performances at class assemblies.
It is no surprise then that Ted would incorporate musical instruments into many of his artworks, from Secret Art and Archive paintings to images from his most iconic children’s books.
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Serigraph on Acid Free Paper
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Image and Paper Size: 20” x 30”
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
155 Collaborators’ Proofs
Adapted posthumously from the pre-production large-scale illustration for the 1967 book The Cat in the Hat Songbook
This print is an homage to Seuss’s most recognized icon and offers a unique insight into his creative process. Replicated in the margin of this print are Seuss’s handwritten notes for the creation of this artwork. Singing Cats comes with a deluxe cloth-bound, slip-cased Art of Dr. Seuss Book.
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The Cat Leads the Way… A Guide You Know by Heart
The Cat in the Hat has always known how to turn the ordinary into something unexpected: where a room becomes an adventure or a lesson becomes a game. In Sing the Fifty States, he steps into a new role as conductor and companion while never losing his hallmark sense of curiosity. He keeps things moving. He keeps things fun, always reminding us that the best way to learn something is to enjoy it.
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Pigment Print and Collage on acid-free paper
Authorized Estate Edition
Dimensions: 13.75" h x 20.5" w
Limited Edition of 1500 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection prints
155 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs
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The enduring legacy of The Cat may lie in this simple idea: Rather than creating children’s books based upon following the rules, Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) flipped that premise with The Cat to create books that encouraged questioning the rules. Ted seemed to understand that the act of finding-your-voice is where innovation and inspiration are born. His Cat suggests this cannot be uncovered simply by following the status quo, but instead lies in the anticipation of what might be if we stop and question the world around us.
That anticipation is on full view in this pivotal image from Ted’s sequel, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back. Just as the rules are about to be broken (again) and the mayhem re-ignited, he reminds us to listen to our own voice and follow it as we prepare for our next journey with the Cat!
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Fine Art Pigment Print with Collage on Acid-Free Paper
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Image and Paper Size: 14” x 19”
Limited Edition of 1500 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
155 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d’ Commerce
Adapted posthumously from an archived rough drawing for the 1957 book, The Cat in the Hat
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The Cat in the Hat presents perhaps one of the best examples of the conundrums Dr. Seuss leaves in the hands of six-year-olds to solve. At the end of the book, after the Cat in the Hat wrecks the home and returns to clean everything up, the mother finally appears and asks, “Did you have any fun? Tell me. What did you do?” Instead of answering the question, Dr. Seuss passes the conundrum from the characters in the book to the readers who are now challenged to answer the dilemma.
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Fine Art Pigment Prints on Acid- Free Paper
Authorized Estate Edition
Image: 14” x 11” each / Paper: 17.5” x 26.5”
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
155 Collaborators’ Proofs
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Such moments can peel away the years and instantly connect us back to our childhood, a time when egos were eclipsed by the sheer joy of having pushed ourselves forward. One can almost hear the echoes of our past voices shouting, “Look at me! Look at me now!”
So too was it for Ted Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, upon writing The Cat in The Hat. The year was 1955 and Ted was challenged by his publisher to write a book using only 225 primer words. The hope was to empower early readers to go it alone, to do the unthinkable and read an entire book without assistance. The limited vocabulary proved a nearly impossible challenge for Ted, stating “I read the list forty times and got more and more discouraged. It was like trying to make a strudel without any strudels.”
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$1,095 USD
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Pigment Print on Archival Paper
Image Size: 11” h x 14” w (left and right), 11” h x 14.75” w (center)
Paper Size: 14.5” h x 48.75” w
Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers, 99 Patrons’ Collection, 155 Collaborators’ Proofs, 5 Hors d’Commerce, and 2 Printer's Proofs
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It is widely reported that The Cat was Ted Geisel’s (aka Dr. Seuss) alter ego. Like Ted, The Cat stands tall with the stature of an adult, but is clearly a child at heart. To celebrate Seuss’s insightful perspective, we are proud to announce the first Triptych in the Art of Dr. Seuss Collection. This historic work features a series of three rough drawings from 1957 and highlights the first drawings ever made of Thing One and Thing Two.
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