This was a book I had not heard of - but it was well worth picking up.! Great art like always for Dr. Seuss

That Seuss isn't as well known for his paintings as he is for his illustrations, and that he is viewed primarily as a children's artist, is a travesty. Had I the money, I would hang an original Seuss on my wall.

Delicious just as his artwork for littles. I love seeing this aspect of his artwork & I’ve always been on the look for more

Love this book! It's full of fun, bright, colorful, and humorous illustrations. Many of the pictures would make changeling 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzles.

A look at the array of artwork Dr. Seuss produced. I was surprised to see that along with paintings and drawings he also made sculptures. Admittedly I didn't like the sculptures as much because they utilized animal horns which just made me feel uncomfortable. The dimensions of each piece is included as is a list of the media used in its creation (I found this feature to be fascinating).

I loved reading the inventive titles for his works, but was a little surprised/disappointed that some of the paintings I had the strongest reactions to were left untitled.

Favorites include: Self-Portrait of the Artist Worrying About his Next Book (white out is one of the medias used!), Joseph Katz and His Coat of Many Colors (vibrant colors that really appealed to me), Impractical Marshmallow-Toasting Device (I could look at this pieces for hours), Lion Stroll (the trees are amaaaaaaaaazing), The Joyous Leaping of Uncanned Salmon (the color and emotion of the subject really appeal to me, That Winter Spring Came Late (a painting that inspires a thousand stories in my head), and 2 untitled pieces near the end of the book that both feature waves (the waves are maybe my favorite waves ever real or imagined).

Red flags: nudity, smoking, and the use of objects such as horns in his sculptures

I picked this book up at the library just because the title sounded intriguing. And I've been on a Dr. Seuss reading jag recently. I starting reading this book, and three hours later, I put it down.

This is a collection of artwork by Dr. Seuss. Pictures he would draw for his own entertainment, when he was working of his books. None of these have ever been released to the public before. And I loved ever one of them. These are funny to see, but you also just keep looking, and looking.

Great stuff. Not within my power to describe them with words. Do a search on Google for "Secret Art of Dr. Seuss," click on "Images," and you will see them.

Enjoy.

I needed to get this book after watching this YouTube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSk8...

It was a bitch to find. For those interested, get on the thriftbooks.com train.

A very interesting insight to the "adult" side of Dr. Seuss. I keep this on the coffee table and peruse it often.

I'm not allowed to talk about it. (It's a secret.)

interesting

As a parent who read a lot of Seuss
I looked forward to his early art on the loose
I have to say come what may
The art was groovy
But the book seemed to lack the Juice

Charming collection of paintings and sculptures that Dr. Seuss worked on in his free time from the 1920s, mostly in the 1960s and up to 1975. The book presents paintings in water colors and inks, some of them character studies of creatures that might populate his books, some delightful experiments with color and pattern, and several sculptures of fantastic creatures incorporating animal horn. A few even present absurdist dramatic situations such as a man contemplating a gigantic mousetrap baited with a nude woman. There is no back story to any of the works, simply pages of photographs of these entertaining works that hint at ambitious subject matter and technique, but remain playful. According to a brief note by his widow (now deceased herself), he created these works for his own amusement only, and an introduction by Maurice Sendak reiterates the point, recalling Ted Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) being astonished and amused by any attempt to analyze his work.