Nov 10, 2017
Top: original drawing of Johnson the cat, graphite and India ink on notepad paper, 11″ x 14″, by Chuck Jones, circa 1989. Illustration for “Chuck Amuck”, Jones’s autobiography (pg.15).
Bottom: painted version on reproduced line, gouache and India Ink on paper, 11″ x 14″, by Chuck Jones, circa 1989.
“He moved into our house that morning, bag and baggage. The bag was that cat bag all cats live in, one of the few characteristics he shared with other cats. He sat fat and walked thin like other cats, but the resemblance to other cats stopped there.” Jones describing Johnson the Cat in “Chuck Amuck”.
