Tsuguharu Foujita · Book of Cats

Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ A Book of Cats. New York; Covici Friede, 1930 | src Bonhams
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ A Book of Cats. New York; Covici Friede, 1930 | src Bonhams
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ A Book of Cats (1930) | src FW gallery
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
A Book of Cats: 20 drawings by Foujita; Poems by Michael Joseph (1930) | src FW gallery
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ Chat couché (Twisting Cat), from Les Chats (1930) | src Galerie Zacke (Wien)
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ A Book of Cats. New York; Covici Friede, 1930 | src Bonhams
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ A Book of Cats. New York; Covici Friede, 1930 | src Bonhams
Tsuguharu Foujita (1886-1968) ~ A Book of Cats (1930) | src FW gallery

Child and cat · Cyanotype 1905

An infant and cat seated on a high chair, dated Oct. 1905 in ink on recto. Cyanotype; Edwardian era | src Flints auctions
An infant and cat seated on a high chair, dated Oct. 1905 in ink on recto. Detail from original Cyanotype

Cats by Jeno Denkstein

Jeno Denkstein ~ Nach der Jause / After the Snack. Photograms of the Year 1930s
Jeno Denkstein ~ Nach der Jause. Photograms of the Year 1930s | src flickr

Twins & cat · Finland · 1920s

Ahti Rytkönen ~ Twin girls Tyyne and Aili and their cat Matti on the edge of a bed in a chimneyless cabin located in Jokilahti, Pielavesi, Finland, 1920s | src museovirasto
Ahti Rytkönen ~ Twin girls Tyyne and Aili and their cat Matti on the edge of a bed in a chimneyless cabin located in Jokilahti, Pielavesi, Finland, 1920s | src museovirasto
Detail from: Twin girls Tyyne and Aili and their cat Matti, 1920s | src museovirasto

Cat Family by Imre Kinszki

Imre Kinszki (1901 – 1945) ~ Cat Family, from Photograms of the Year (1930s) | src flickr

Vivian Maier · on cats

Vivian Maier (1926-2009) ~ Cats in Window, ca. 1955. Gelatin silver print | src “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”
Vivian Maier (1926-2009) ~ Animal Encounters, circa 1950s | src Heritage auctions: “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”
Vivian Maier (1926-2009) ~ Shop Cat, 1950s | src Heritage auctions: “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”
Detail from Cats in Window (circa 1955) by Vivian Maier | src Heritage auctions: “Vivian Maier: A Singular Vision”

Cat and Butterfly by Min Zhen

Min Zhen (Chinese, 1730–after 1788) ~ Cat and Butterfly, ca. 1788 (ink on paper). From Album of Miscellaneous Subjects | src Cleveland museum of art

Min Zhen painted this album for his friend Dailili Shanren in exchange for a scholar’s stone.

Cat and butterfly [ 貓和蝴蝶 ] are homophones for the characters “mao die” 耄耋 (octogenarian), so this painting expresses hope that the artist’s friend will live a long life.

Cat and Butterfly by Fu Shan

Fu Shan (1607-1685) (attributed to) ~ Cat and Butterfly. Ink on satin, hanging scroll | src Bonhams

Cat Watching a Spider

Detail from Cat Watching a Spider, ca. 1888–92 by Oide Tōkō (Japanese, 1841–1905)
Oide Tōkō (Japanese, 1841–1905) ~ Cat Watching a Spider, ca. 1888–92. Album leaf; ink and color on silk | src the Met

Grit Hegesa with her cats

Zander & Labisch ~ Die Tänzerin Grit Hegesa; Porträt mit ihren Katzen. In: Die Dame 20/1922 | src getty images