Fish and Feathers, 1991.
Paw marks on window condensation.
27 x 21cm.
Photographic collection of the Museum of Non-Primate Art, Tokyo.

Artist
Pepper, a five year old tabby, mainly expresses her creativity with scratch works in soft wall paneling or suitably upholstered surfaces. Her condensation works are a recent trend but the influence of her scratch techniques is clearly seen in the quick little sketches she makes on windows during the cold winter months.

Curatorial Notes
"...while we cannot treat these condensation works in the same way as paintings, they nevertheless succeed as well in their own limited way. There is often difficulty with this type of vocabulary because of its minimalist and sometimes minature nature, but once the viewer manages to move beyond the form's own self-generated structure, the extent and breadth of the arstit's vision become obvious."
Kazuhiro Ogura, exhibition catalog, Tokyo, 1993.

Sent In By: Mrs. Mariko Kajikawa of Tokyo.

Estimated Value: Photographic prints of this type of work, especially a sequence of images which shows the artist actually working on the piece and the various stages of completion, are of interest to most museums of non-primate art. Depending on the quality of the photographs, they will pay between $200 to $500 for a sequence of 5 prints.