Book Illustration
1973 (made)
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Looking at this image, it is easy to see why Tony Meeuwissen once won the Francobollo d'Oro award for the world's best postage stamp. Although designed as a book illustration, this painting shows a minute precision and yet poster-like clarity that would suit a format as small as a postage stamp. In a similar vein, Meeuwissen was commissioned to design a set of playing cards, published also as an award winning book Key to the Kingdom, in 1993. Based on the Transformation decks that were popular in the 19th century, each card contains a different miniature image illustrating a nursery rhyme. Meeuwissen has also designed book and magazine covers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gouache and aniline dyes on board |
| Brief description | Book illustration to The Witch's Hat, a cat falling off a broomstick, by Anthony Meeuwissen, in gouache and aniline dye on board, 1975. |
| Physical description | Painting of a black cat falling off a broomstick. The viewpoint is to a chimney stack. A city street is shown below, where a man with his dog points upwards. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Tony Meeuwissen October 1973 (reverse) |
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| Summary | Looking at this image, it is easy to see why Tony Meeuwissen once won the Francobollo d'Oro award for the world's best postage stamp. Although designed as a book illustration, this painting shows a minute precision and yet poster-like clarity that would suit a format as small as a postage stamp. In a similar vein, Meeuwissen was commissioned to design a set of playing cards, published also as an award winning book Key to the Kingdom, in 1993. Based on the Transformation decks that were popular in the 19th century, each card contains a different miniature image illustrating a nursery rhyme. Meeuwissen has also designed book and magazine covers. |
| Bibliographic reference | Dermeer, Irwin. The Witch's Hat. London, G. Wizzard Publications Ltd, 1975. |
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| Accession number | E.1-1976 |
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| Record created | January 8, 2004 |
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