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Barcode30053003779330
StatusChecked Out
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call No741.941 HUGH
Title Catland : Louis Wain and the great cat mania / Kathryn Hughes.
Author Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- author.
CollectionAdult 700-799
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
Checked OutParis-Bourbon30053003779330741.941 HUGH7/31/2024 Due on 11/9/2024

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Personal Name Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- author.
Title Statement Catland : Louis Wain and the great cat mania / Kathryn Hughes.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Physical Description 402 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-375) and index.
Summary, Etc. "In Catland, Kathryn Hughes chronicles the cat craze of the early twentieth century through the life and career of Louis Wain. Wain's anthropomorphic drawings of cats in top hats falling in love, sipping champagne, golfing, driving cars, and piloting planes are some of the most instantly recognizable images from the era. His round-faced fluffy characters established the prototype for the modern cat, which cat "fanciers" were busily trying to achieve using their newfound knowledge of the latest scientific breeding techniques. Despite being a household name, Wain endured multiple bankruptcies and mental breakdowns, spending his last fifteen years in an asylum, drawing abstract and multicolored felines. But it was his ubiquitous anthropomorphic cats that helped usher the formerly reviled creatures into homes across Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Wain, Louis, 1860-1939.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Cats in art.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Artists History. Great Britain
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Painters History. Great Britain

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