A long-haired black and white cat with pale yellow eyes and a soft pink nose, its long white ruff and whiskers painted in loose sweeping brushstrokes against a near black ground.

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To scale: room 4.2 m wide, sofa 1.9 m

Collection work · Paintings · Animals and birds

The House Cat

AE-P-0054

Medium
Oil or acrylic on board or canvas
Size
60 × 35 cm (23.6 × 13.8 in)
Signed
Signed by the artist
Present location
In the studio, Surrey
Certificate
Numbered certificate of authenticity with every original
1 metre at this scale· 1.7 m human at this scale

About the size of a large hardback book open flat.

£1,150

  • Signed by Anahita
  • Numbered certificate
  • Direct from the artist
  • Insured UK delivery included
  • 14-day right to return
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About this work

A cat painted almost head on, more presence than portrait. The face is worked in careful passes: yellow eyes with narrow pupils, a small pink nose, a dark line where the mouth begins. Around it, the fur is not drawn but suggested with long dry sweeps of white, a hundred whiskers rushing outward. The dark ground behind gives the sitter the still, watchful weight of a house animal that has decided to sit for its picture.

Provenance

  1. The artist, Surrey

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