Woman and Cat
Description
A woman and a cat — two figures of independence, self-possession, and oblique emotional communication — share the frame in this composition by Yumeji, the cat's opacity mirroring and intensifying the woman's characteristic reserve. Yumeji's women and cats share a sensibility: both are defined by what they withhold as much as what they express, both inhabit a private emotional space that others can observe but not enter. The woman-and-cat pairing is among his most visually and psychologically concentrated subjects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Woman and Cat was created by Takehisa Yumeji (竹久夢二).
Woman and Cat depicts animals and cats.