FERNANDO KRAHN (1935-2010) Mr. and Mrs. Minus enjoying a deep sleep.
2 interior illustrations printed on pages 9 and 10 in The Family Minus (New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1977). Ink and watercolor on paper. Each 196x287 mm; 7¾x11¼ inches. Unsigned.
The Family Minus tells the entertaining story of a day in the life of a household of anthropomorphized opossums. Krahn uses white to frame each scene, creating an effective contrast with brilliant watercolors.
Fernando Krahn was a Chilean cartoonist whose work appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. Born in Santiago in 1935, Krahn relocated to New York City from 1961-1969 before returning to his country in 1971. In 1973, he was forced to flee to Spain to escape persecution after the Chilean coup d'état. There, he worked as a cartoonist for the Barcelona newspaper La Vanguardia and published over 40 children's books, earning him the SM Ediciones' International Illustration Prize in 2001.
