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JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN. "Janson Painted in Dots." Illustration published in "Mousterpiece: A Mouse-Sized Guide to Modern Art," page 11, (New York: Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press, 2012.) Watercolor, pen and ink on paper. 279x203 mm; 11x8 inches, image, on 12x9-inch sheet. Signed in pencil, lower right margin. Tipped to matte. Accompanied by a first edition of the book.
Zalben's book "Mousterpiece" was a runaway hit, especially at museums where art programs for children regularly use the story of a small mouse named Janson (after art historian H. W. Janson) to introduce them the modern masters. Janson lives in a museum and learns to paint in the style of Albers, Rousseau, Warhol, Picasso and others until she creates her own original work, her "mousterpiece," and thus "arriving" as an artist. The book was listed on The Horn Book's "Calling Caldecott" list among other accolades. In this illustration, she is embracing pointillism in the manner of Georges Seurat with her colorful self-portrait.
