The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
It seems that in addition to writing and illustrating children's books,
Theodor Geisel liked to paint and sculpt with more mature themes.
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Cat from the Wrong Side of the Tracks
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Some of his stuff is downright psychedelic.
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A Plethora of Cats
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Cat Detective in the Wrong Part of Town
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From the introduction by Maurice Sendak:
There was certainly nothing cookie-cutter, bland,
or trendy about Ted Geisel.
These works abound in nuttiness, "political incorrectness,"
and lots and lots of cats.
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The book is filled with fabulous geometric conundrums.
Their milky, thirties movieland dippiness best conjures for me
the private Seussian dreamscape; a Cat in the Hat theme park world,
where loops and hoops and squares and limp bagel shapes,
all charged with exotic color, have the demented nightmare effects
provoked by a dinner of green eggs and ham.
Published by Random House; 95 pages; ISBN 0-679-43448-8.
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Here's a page about Geisel's "The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T".
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