Dolly Perutz

Bestiaire
1958

A hand-drawn sketch of a fantastical creature with a lion-like face and a mane made of long, green and black strokes, giving the appearance of spiky foliage. The creature's body transitions into a long, black and white striped tail, resembling that of a lemur or a raccoon, without any discernible legs. The drawing is on a cream-colored paper with visible age spots and is part of a bound notebook or sketchbook.

A hand-drawn sketch of a fantastical creature with a lion-like face and a mane made of long, green and black strokes, giving the appearance of spiky foliage. The creature's body transitions into a long, black and white striped tail, resembling that of a lemur or a raccoon, without any discernible legs. The drawing is on a cream-colored paper with visible age spots and is part of a bound notebook or sketchbook.

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Date
1958

Classification
Books

Medium
Two-color lithographs (images); lithograph and letterpress text; case binding, cloth covered boards

Dimensions
Book: 11 1/2 × 15 1/4 × 7/8in. (29.2 × 38.7 × 2.2 cm)

Accession number
2003.185

Edition
27/89

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Kathrin Perutz

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Dolly Perutz
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