Bernard "Hap" Kliban 
"Ice Skater Cat"
This Artwork is:
NEWLY CUSTOM FRAMED In A TOP QUALITY BLACK WOOD Frame
Single  Matted in White with a black core v-groove
Framed Size : 17" x 18"
Image Size: 10" x 11"
Hanging hardware included on back of frame
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
Bernard Kliban (1935-1990):In 1962, Kliban became a Playboy cartoonist, contributing cartoons until his death. Michelle Urry, Playboy’s cartoon editor, visiting his studio, reviewed his drawings, mostly cats. She thought they should be compiled into a book, introduced him to an agent, who found a publisher, resulting in the 1975 book Cat. This led to several other books of cartoons ending with Advanced Cartooning in 1993. Since Cat, his cartoons have adorned many products including stickers, calendars, mugs, and t-shirts. The books that followed Cat consisted mostly of extremely bizarre cartoons that find their humor in their utter strangeness and unlikeliness. Many of these are cartoons that Kliban drew for Playboy. They often contained dysmorphic drawings of nude figures in extremely unlikely environments. Another frequent subject of satire were the type of wordless, step-by-step visual instruction manuals typically found with such things as office furniture. Kliban also had a recurring series of drawings called "Sheer Poetry", in which the page would be split into six panels, containing images of objects whose names, when spoken in the order presented, would form a rhyming, nonsensical verse.