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For #NationalCatDay please admire this absolute masterpiece:
Gertrude Abercrombie (USA, 1909-1977)
#Black Cat on Pink, 1952
Oil on Hardboard, 4.5 x 4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
#CatsInArt #WomenArtists

Small painting of a goofy looking black cat with green eyes, sitting up and sticking its little pink tongue out, on a salmon colored table with grey wall behind; signed and dated on bottom https://www.artcurial.com/en/sales/6086/lots/187-a

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 3 months ago

For #NationalCatDay please admire this absolute masterpiece:
Gertrude Abercrombie (USA, 1909-1977)
#Black Cat on Pink, 1952
Oil on Hardboard, 4.5 x 4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
#CatsInArt #WomenArtists

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 3 months ago

#WorldOctopusDay 🐙:
A #cat dressed as a woman tapping the head of an #octopus , color woodcut print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japan, 1798-1861), c. 1847.
36.4 cm (14.3 in) x 25.3 cm (9.9 in)
#CatsInArt #CephalopodAwarenessDays #JapaneseArt

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anthropomorphic cat dressed in a flowery kimono, with one paw on the head of an adjacent orange octopus, with Japanese text and seals (Japanese color woodcut print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_cat_dressed_as_a_woman_tapping_the_head_of_an_octopus.jpg #CatsInArt #CephalopodAwarenessDays #JapaneseArt https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_cat_dressed_as_a_woman_tapping_the_head_of_an_octopus.jpg #CatsInArt #CephalopodAwarenessDays #JapaneseArt https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_cat_dressed_as_a_woman_tapping_the_head_of_an_octopus.jpg

closeup of the octopus, orange with blue eyes

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 3 months ago

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 3 months ago

#Caturday 🐱:
Dahlov Ipcar (USA, 1917-2017)
Encounter, 1967
Oil on canvas, 23 1/2" x 19 1/2"
https://live.thomastonauction.com/auction-lot/dahlov-ipcar-me-vt-1917-2017_0D14BA9839
#CatsInArt #WomenArtists

Lot - DAHLOV IPCAR (ME/VT, 1917-2017)

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 3 months ago

Lot - DAHLOV IPCAR (ME/VT, 1917-2017)

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 5 months ago

#Caturday 🐱:
Konstantin Korovin (Russian, 1861-1939)
Black #Cat on a Windowsill, 1902
Oil on canvas, 85 x 65 cm
#CatsInArt #Impressionism
https://www.facebook.com/share/16pPUGyiis/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Russian impressionist painting in portrait orientation, furnished interior scene with a window with curtains drawn open revealing a sunny day, room brightened by the light (overall palette of browns and yellows), table with a vase full of flowers and armchair, and a black cat sitting on windowsill looking outside

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 5 months ago

#Caturday 🐱:
Konstantin Korovin (Russian, 1861-1939)
Black #Cat on a Windowsill, 1902
Oil on canvas, 85 x 65 cm
#CatsInArt #Impressionism
https://www.facebook.com/share/16pPUGyiis/?mibextid=wwXIfr

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 5 months ago

#Caturday 🐈‍⬛:
Black #Cat from Tercüme-yi 'Aca'ib ül-mahlukat (Turkish Version of the Wonders of Creation)
Türkiye, 1121 AH / 1717 CE
Ink, paint, & gold on European laid paper
On display at Walters Art Museum “Paws on Parchment” exhibition
#CatsInArt #IslamicArt

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photograph of page from Islamic illuminated manuscript cited in post

photo of gallery label “Black Cat Tercüme-yi 'Aca'ib ül-mahlukat (Turkish Version of the Wonders of Creation) Author: Zakariya ibn Muhammad Qazwini (1203-1283) Scribe: Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani محمد بن محمد شاكر روزمه ناثاني Türkiye, 1121 AH / 1717 CE Ink, paint, and gold on European laid paper Counted here among the "Wonders of Creation," cats were admired for their cleanliness and cherished throughout the Islamic world. The Prophet Mohammed encouraged compassion toward cats, and several Islamic rulers put special measures in place to care for them, such as Mamluk sultan Al-Zahir Baybars, who established "cat gardens" that provided food and shelter in 13th-century Cairo. Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1931, acc. no. W.659, fols. 104b-105a”

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 5 months ago

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 6 months ago

#Caturday 🐱:
Min Zhen (China, 1730–after 1788)
#Cat and #Butterfly, 1788
Album leaf, ink on paper; 29 x 18.4 cm
Cleveland Museum of Art 1985.71.5:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1985.71.5
#ChineseArt #CatsInArt
Rebus: “Cat and butterfly” = homophones for “mao die” 耄耋 (octogenarian) = wish for the artist’s friend to have a long life

“Six seals appearing on the leaves: Min Zhen 閔貞; Zheng zhai 正齋; Qingqiao 青橋; Zhen 貞; Liao tang 蓼塘; Min Zhen zhi yin 閔貞之印。” “The album was painted for his friend Dailili Shanren in exchange for a scholar’s stone. The paintings demonstrate the artist’s versatility and mature style in the last years of his life. While two leaves are rendered in unconventional compositions seen from above (Cat and Butterfly CMA 1985.71.5) and below (Banana Plant CMA 1985.71.11), they have a humorous touch. “Cat and butterfly” is a homophone for the Chinese characters “mao die,” meaning “octogenarian,” and express the wish for the recipient’s longevity. The banana plant stands for the world of literati but can also allude to Buddhism.” monochrome black & white (seals in red) cat is VERY fat and fluffy, fancy long-haired breed!

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 6 months ago

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@art_history_animalia@historians.social · 11 months ago

Resharing for #NationalBlackCatDay 🐈‍⬛

#Caturday 🐱:
Carl Kahler (Austrian, 1856-1906)
Three Black #Cats , n.d.
Oil on canvas, 60 ¼ x 44 ¼ in (153 x 112.4 cm)
#CatsInArt