LOUIS WAIN (BRITISH, 1860-1939)
Group of Cats
signed 'Louis Wain' (lower left)
gouache and watercolour
27 x 65 cm. (10 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)

This work is accompanied by a Louis Wain book.

Provenance
The artist, whom gifted to
Raphael Tuck, thence by family descent

It is thought that the present work was gifted in gratitude to the Tuck family, who employed the artist. The cats faces are thought to have been based on various Tuck family members.