Dog and Cat series: Princess Platina

 

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)

c. 1925  

color etching 

4 11/16 x 5 15/16" platemark 

unsigned; estate stamped, lower left sheet corner 

not stated; presumed fewer than 10 impressions 

titled in the plate, lower center 

 

fibrous cream laid 

 

 

24016 

$150.00 

Max Pollak produced a series of small portraits of pet cats and dogs, likely belonging to close friends and often sporting fashionable accoutrements. These serve as small windows into the humorous side of a serious artist. Here, a fluffy white cat eyes the viewer with perfect feline superiority, staying true to her unusual - yet royal - title.