Seymour Chwast - Kilkenny Cats

Original Silkscreen by the American artist, Seymour Chwast.

Kilkenny Cats

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Title:	Kilkenny Cats
Artist:	Chwast, Seymour (New York City, Born, 1931)
Date:	c. 1990
Medium:	Original Silkscreen
Note:	Seymour Chwast: A major designer, illustrator and graphic artist, Seymour Chwast studied at the Cooper Union, New York, under Leon Friend. The artist first rose to national prominence in 1967 with the publication of his lithographic poster, End Bad Breath. This wonderful anti-war commentary portrayed 'Uncle Sam' in glorious red, white and blue. Within his gaping mouth are a lower row of teeth transformed into defenseless houses. Above four B-22's rain a maze of explosive bombs.
	Since that time, Seymour Chwast has created a number of fine lithographs and silkscreens, designed both record covers and book jackets, as well as illustrating books and magazines and even creating animated features. He was founding member of New York's Push Pin Studios and began teaching at the Cooper Union as an Instructor of Design and Illustration in 1975. The art of Seymour Chwast is included in the permanent collections of such major museums as the Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Source:	This original silkscreen formed one of a series of large graphic works entitled, Mother Goose Collection. Various American artists were commissioned to depict a Mother Goose poem of their choice. Each was published in a signed, limited edition of 300 impressions.
Edition:	Limited edition of three hundred impressions, numbered 280/300.
Size:	25 1/2 X 20 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon smooth, laid paper and with full margins measuring 26 1/2" by 20 1/2" inches. Signed by the artist in pencil along the lower margin and numbered '280/300. A fine, full colour impression and in excellent condition throughout. This original silkscreen represents a prime example of the contemporary art of Seymour Chwast.
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