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Sale 2690 - Lot 204

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
MONIKA BEISNER (1942- )
Cat in winter scene.

Interior illustration published in Monika Beisner's Book of Riddles (New York: Fassar Straus Giroux, 1983). Watercolor on paper. 171x216 mm; 6¾x8½ inches. Initialed in pencil in lower right image. Accompanied by a copy of the book.

The book includes the double challenge of solving the riddles and finding the answers in the detailed pictures that face each page. This illustration contains the answers to riddles 10-16: key, cat, snowman, icicle, dove, horse and rider, and windmill.
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Monika Beisner, born in Hamburg in 1942, studied painting in Braunschweig and Berlin. With the support of a German Academic Exchange Scholarship and a Fulbright Grant, she furthered her studies at the Slade School of Art in London and at the New School for Social Research in New York. Beisner then launched a successful career as a book illustrator, publishing 16 books in various languages between 1971 and 1994. Her work has earned her international acclaim and led to exhibitions worldwide.

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