Description: Monkey artist paints portraits of ostriches
Comment: My consignor purchased this and a few others from an estate in Detroit decades ago.
Price: $2,650 (includes domestic shipping)
Cady, Harrison
Price:
$2,650.00
Information
| Artist | Harrison Cady (1877-1970) |
| Caption | [handwritten on art which is a bit hard to decipher] “Raphael Monkey (the portrait painter) ‘Gee this is terrible, here I've got a commission to paint the portrait of these ostrich twins and every time I try to put on a brush stroke they get excited and hide their heads in the waste basket.’” |
| Condition | Very good, not framed |
| Medium | Pen and ink and wash |
| Publication Information | Most likely for American Boy magazine, date of publication not yet known. |
| Signature | Signed lower left |
| Size | 10.25 x 13.75” |