James Bone Pencil Drawing of Cat with Two Tails on Green Paper fishing float even better grouped

even better grouped

Circa 1960s

25” in diameter

it is marked Erphilia

though I am not 100% certain

James Bone Pencil Drawing of Cat with Two Tails on Green Paper fishing float even better groupedFrom a second batch of drawings by the prolific and endlessly inventive Chicago artist James Frederic Bone (1929 2015), this is a pretty quick sketch, but one which with these cocked (very arm like) front legs and two tails arching in opposite directions pretty perfectly captures the energy of a very alert cat! (I can almost see a mouse in the distance!) It's done in pencil on a the pale green backside of shiny silver paper. Unsigned and undated but I