Louis Wain - Dear Me, this Umbrella is so Fashionable that I Cannot Open it in Case it Spoils its Shape
Dear Me, this Umbrella is so Fashionable that I Cannot Open it in Case it Spoils its Shape
Louis Wain (1860-1939)
Price
£2,750
Signed
Signed and inscribed 'Here I have bought a show umbrella & now it is raining it will not open'
Medium
Ink
Dimensions
9 ¼ x 5 ¾
inches
Illustrated
Louis Wain's Annual 1915, London: John F Shaw & Co, page 83
Exhibited
'The Summer Cat Show', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, August 1995; 'The Illustrators: The British Art of Illustration 1791-2024', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, November 2024-January 2025, no 40
