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$995 (Unframed)

The Manly Art of Self Defense

Serigraph on Archival Canvas
Authorized Estate Edition
 
Adapted posthumously from the circa 1927 original watercolor on board
 
Image and Canvas Size:  13.5” x 24”

The Manly Art of Self Defense is clearly one of Dr. Seuss’s appropriately satiric works in the vein of I’d Love to go to the Party, but I’m Absolutely Dead.  Revealing his “gentlemanly” side, Ted Geisel portrays the cultured expression of masculinity, which is acquired through a balanced regimen of intellectual and physical muscularity.  The wonderfully erudite expression on the boy’s face suggests “the manly art of self defense,” while the cat’s look of surprise suggests the boy is out of his mind.  Seuss’s take on boxing places it squarely as a “noble art” rather than a martial art.

Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers
99 Patron's Collection
155 Collaborator Proofs
5 Hors d’Commerce

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