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Sale 2690 - Lot 232

Estimate: $ 350 - $ 550
JANE BRESKIN ZALBEN (1950- )
Janson with palette and paint cans (2 pieces).

Original jacket/title page art, and later frontmatter copyright page of Mousterpiece: A Mouse-Sized Guide to Modern Art, (New York: Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press, 2012). 305x230 mm; 12x9 inches. Signed. Accompanied by a signed copy of the book in Chinese.
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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 to 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.

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