Lot 557: Clare Turlay Newberry, American 1903-1970- Black

Clare Turlay Newberry, American 1903-1970- Black and ginger cat; watercolour, signed, 16.1x16.4cm: with another of a similar cat by the same artist, signed, 16.4x16cm, in matching frames, (2) Note: Clare Turlay Newberry was born in Eugene, Oregon. She studied art at the University of Oregon, School of the Portland Art Museum, the California School of Fine Arts, and La Grand ChaumiÞre in Paris, France. She received the Caldecott Honor for four of her books: T-Bone, The Baby Sitter (1951); Marshmallow (1943); April's Kittens (1941); and Barkis (1939).