Curiouser and curiouser …
This toothy and moustachioed feline – whose official title is December 25, 1945-January 18, 1947 – could be a twisted version of John Tenniel’s 1864 illustration of the Cheshire Cat, perhaps seen through the distorting goggles of a very bad trip.
Shrink wrap …
In fact, its creator Reuben Mednikoff’s drug of choice was psychoanalysis. With his partner in life, therapy and art, the surgeon-turned-analyst Grace Pailthorpe, he attempted to vent buried infant trauma by making the weirdest images in British surrealism.
Noted …
Employing surrealism’s “automatic” method, their works are a cartoonish phantasmagoria of boobs, bums, willies and jellybean foetuses, featuring their own written analyses.
Fur baby …
This military cat and suckling babe chime with the pair’s theories on infant rage and adult warmongering. It was kept at home where they invited guests to look into the cat’s mouth and make their own interpretations.
