The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss

by John Holbo on June 14, 2015

Continuing my ‘great art books I bought this year’ series, it turns out that, secretly, Dr. Seuss liked to draw cats and architecture, in a Seussian style. You can buy the book. Or just browse the gallery. Mostly it turns out the secret is: he liked color. (That’s a reason to buy the book. Nice printing.) Also, a bit more sex.

Maurice Sendak wrote the introduction, just as he did for my other new Seuss book.

Ted and I met years ago and liked each other immediately. I gave him reason to laugh mightily on more than one occasion when I launched into one of my “wacky” (his word) subtext theories relating to my favorite Seuss books. I was a product of fifties psycho-analysis, and he forgave me that and my terrible earnestness.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall as an earnest young Maurice Sendak expounded his theory of Green Eggs and Ham. “I would not, could not, in the dark.” Hey, sometimes a tunnel is only a tunnel.

{ 5 comments }

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John Holbo 06.14.15 at 10:15 am

I forgot to mention his taxidermy work:

http://www.drseussart.com/taxidermy

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Martin Bento 06.14.15 at 5:32 pm

For off-the-wall Seuss, there’s also 7 Lady Godivas, of course.

http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/03/02/dr-seuss-seven-lady-godivas/

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dilbert dogbert 06.15.15 at 2:03 am

A friends house has one on the wall. I thought it just a print. Now I know.

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afeman 06.15.15 at 5:44 pm

And a mind-blowing movie:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5,000_Fingers_of_Dr._T

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John Holbo 06.16.15 at 12:58 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLldzheKJkA

Do-Me-Do Day!

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