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JOAN KIDDELL MUNROE, 1908 - 1972, PEN AND INK ON CARD WITH WATERCOLOUR WASH AND STIPPLE, CIRCA
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JOAN KIDDELL MUNROE, 1908 - 1972, PEN AND INK ON CARD WITH WATERCOLOUR WASH AND STIPPLE, CIRCA 1949
A Portrait of Good Fortune’, original illustration for ‘The Cat Who Went to Heaven’, signed verso ‘Joan Kiddell Munroe’, inscribed in pencil ‘Page 14’ and ‘67355’.
(card size 22cm x 27cm)
N.B. written by Elizabeth Coatsworth and originally published in 1930 by Macmillan, ‘The Cat Who Went to Heaven’ tells the story of a poor Japanese artist, his housekeeper, and the lucky three coloured cat called Good Fortune that comes into their lives. Considered a timeless fable, the arrival of Good Fortune transforms the life of the artist when he is commissioned to paint Buddah by the village Priest. The present work appears in the 1949 edition, published by JM Dent, London. Joan Kiddell Munroe studied at the Chelsea School of Art and was a much sought after illustrator between the 1940s and 60s
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JOAN KIDDELL MUNROE, 1908 - 1972, PEN AND INK ON CARD WITH WATERCOLOUR WASH AND STIPPLE, CIRCA 1949
A Portrait of Good Fortune’, original illustration for ‘The Cat Who Went to Heaven’, signed verso ‘Joan Kiddell Munroe’, inscribed in pencil ‘Page 14’ and ‘67355’.
(card size 22cm x 27cm)
N.B. written by Elizabeth Coatsworth and originally published in 1930 by Macmillan, ‘The Cat Who Went to Heaven’ tells the story of a poor Japanese artist, his housekeeper, and the lucky three coloured cat called Good Fortune that comes into their lives. Considered a timeless fable, the arrival of Good Fortune transforms the life of the artist when he is commissioned to paint Buddah by the village Priest. The present work appears in the 1949 edition, published by JM Dent, London. Joan Kiddell Munroe studied at the Chelsea School of Art and was a much sought after illustrator between the 1940s and 60s
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