The Cat's Quizzer

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Pigment Print on Archival Paper
Authorized Estate Edition

Image and Paper Size: 25” x 36”

Limited Edition of 850 Arabic Numbers
99 Patrons’ Collection
155 Collaborators’ Proofs
5 Hors d'Commerce
2 Printer's Proofs

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Ted Geisel drew every page for every Dr. Seuss book he wrote. What many people don’t realize is that for each final line drawing, Ted would create multiple concept drawings leading up to the final published image. During each stage of concept development he would tirelessly refine the imagery, making subtle adjustments to characters and nuanced shifts to the scene in which they appeared. 

Here we see an extraordinary example of a middle-stage concept drawing. Ted has moved from his roughest pencil sketches, which began the conceptual phase, into this more fully-realized artwork emphasizing the character’s personality, the energy of the scene, and the dramatic use of color. The spirit of the final image is intact, the details are set, and the template has been created for Ted to confidently spring from this phase to his final pen-and-ink line drawing. 

What is most special about Dr. Seuss’s early and middle-stage concept drawings are their ability to convey the creative impulse of the artist. Less worried about the quality of the line, in these stages it’s all about the energy and personality of the scene.