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Ronald Searle Cat Bathing

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Framed, signed print of Cat taking a Bath by the famous English artist and satirical cartoonist, Ronald Searle.
Ronald Searle was not only one of the greatest satirical cartoonists of the 20th century, but also a man of extraordinary sensitivity who, when his wife was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer, made for her the most moving love letter imaginable, which helped her persevere. He was an extraordinary cat aficionado, as evidenced by his contributions to the terrific Big New Yorker Book of Cats. Searle began drawing quirky, impossibly charming, exuberantly expressive cartoons and caricatures of cats, collected in Searle's Cats (public library). His unmistakable ink drawings of cats are coupled with wryly witty, brandishingly British captions that wink at our everyday human struggles, insecurities, and social anxieties, inviting us to laugh at those felines follies as we laugh at ourselves.