Tuesday, November 10, 2020 – FELINES FROM THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

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205th  Edition

From Our Archives

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020

CATS, CATS, CATS

from
THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM

Herman Maril, Interior with Cat, 1972, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Jules Horelick, 1972.152

Henry Wolf, Girl with Cat, 1902, photomechanical wood engraving on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.130.192

Chuzo Tamotzu, Cats, ca. 1935-1937, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Evander Childs High School, Bronx, New York through the General Services Administration, 1975.83.89

Ted Gordon, Cat, 1969, felt-tipped pen and ink and collage on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1982.114.2

Lee Hager, Cat on a Chair, n.d., color lithograph, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Internal Revenue Service through the General Services Administration , 1962.8.96

Will Barnet, Woman and Cats, 1962, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Harry W. Zichterman in memory of Joshua C. Taylor, 1981.140

Saul Steinberg, Still Life with Cat, 1966, pen and ink, ink wash, colored pencil, pencil and paper collage on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1967.102.1

Richard Merkin, Gertrude and George, 1979, pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Sara Roby Foundation, 1985.30.45, © 1979, Richard Merkin Richard Merkin was a quintessential New Yorker whose paintings and illustrations celebrated America of the 1920s and 1930s. A socialite and self-proclaimed dandy, Merkin did almost three hundred illustrations for The New Yorker. He contributed to Harper’s and the New York Times Sunday Magazine, and from 1988 to 1991, he wrote a monthly column called ​“Merkin on Style” for Gentlemen’s Quarterly. The ineffable wit that kept him in demand as an illustrator emerges in Gertrude and George, in which a cat smoking a cigarette smiles from his perch beside a cocktail glass.

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WANDA, SPEEDY AND OUR STEP-CAT BEANO

TUESDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

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MONDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY

No one guessed the unused prison barge that is docked across from Riker’s Island. ( A blue and white elephant that is costing the city millions a year)

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WE ARE HAPPY TO GIVE THE FIRST WINNER OF OUR DAILY PHOTO IDENTIFICATION A TRINKET FROM THE VISITOR CENTER.
ONLY THE PERSON IDENTIFYING THE PHOTO FIRST WILL GET A PRIZE.
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WE MUST LIMIT GIVE-AWAYS. THANK YOU

EDITORIAL

Maybe after such a tough season, we need to cuddle up with our feline friends.
Send us your favorite feline’s photo.
Enjoy springtime in November

Judith Berdy

Text by Judith Berdy
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Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
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