Witches' cat – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic print of Witches' cat. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Witches' cat
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A color woodcut from 1951 that casts a cat as the witches' companion, a pairing that carries centuries of folklore. In early modern Europe, black cats were often regarded as witches' familiars, animals thought to share in their magic, and that belief fed the witch trials of the 1500s and 1600s. By the mid-20th century, the witch-and-cat scene had become a staple of American Halloween imagery in cards, posters and printed ephemera. Woodcut suits such a subject, since its bold, simplified shapes give the figures a stark, folkloric quality.
| Medium | 1 print : col. woodcut ; 38.3 x 29.5 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [1951] |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,168 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-120596 |
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