Louis Wain Fact #35:
Wain’s later psychedelic patterns, in addition to being influenced by the textile designs of his upbringing, seem from unfinished examples to have been drawn on top of a grid. He may have achieved their striking symmetry by drawing ambidextrously and simultaneously.
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33. THE FORTY THIEVES
Watercolour and bodycolour
15 1/4" x 11 1/4"
Illustrated: 'With Louis Wain to Fairyland', published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd 1889