Skip to main content

Tabby Cat Painting

Idol, 2017, cat, surreal, city, figurative, animal, blue, tabby, ring of fire
By Thomas John Carlson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Oil on linen
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Pirate Kitty (Silver Tabby)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
approval of Duchamp. These ‘Cats in Costume’ paintings use a similar approach: they are fabricated to
Category

2010s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Cowboy Kitty (Cameo Tabby)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
approval of Duchamp. These ‘Cats in Costume’ paintings use a similar approach: they are fabricated to
Category

2010s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Hawaiian Kitty (Cream Tabby II)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
approval of Duchamp. These ‘Cats in Costume’ paintings use a similar approach: they are fabricated to
Category

2010s Other Art Style Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Studies of a tabby cat', mixed media on paper by British artist John Sergeant
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
John Sargeant (British, 1937 – 2010) Studies of a tabby cat Mixed media Signed and dated ‘John
Category

20th Century Academic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

French Oil Painting - The Cat's Meow
Located in Houston, TX
Whimsical oil on paper painting of a tabby cat resting on a rug and backed by large abstract cat
Category

1940s Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

My Inner Sanctum - Nude Woman Reclining On Chair w/ Cats, Original Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
a tabby cat, thoroughly involved in its own hygiene. Another cat in the bottom left, gazes out to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Untitled (Double Staircase)" Contemporary Architectural Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
alma mater in Houston. He is married, has a five-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Spray Paint

"Untitled (Sunset)" Contemporary Modern Architectural Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Oil on canvas Painting -- Le Chat Plus Grande
By Roxanna Melendez
Located in Troy, NY
Although this painting of oil on canvas is named after the "Cat" (le Chat), the painting mainly
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Untitled (Freestanding Blue Arch)" Contemporary Architectural Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled (Blue Hallway)" Contemporary Abstract Architectural Staircase Painting
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Spray Paint

"Untitled (Fluorescent Barrel Vault Landscape)" Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled (Large Wavy Sawtooth)" Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Happy Hippy Days-original London cityscape-figurative painting-contemporary Art
By Therese James
Located in London, Chelsea
shop front signs, adding to the dynamic energy of the scene. A single tabby cat ventures across the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Fred Morgan, ‘The Hero of the Hour’, Large Victorian Oil Painting
By Frederick Morgan
Located in London, GB
. Surrounding the family are several animals: a pair of ducks sit in the right middle ground, whilst a tabby cat
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

Cats Watching a Witch on a Broomstick - Vintage Halloween Illustration in Ink
By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
Cats Watching a Witch on a Broomstick - Vintage Halloween Illustration in Ink Halloween scene with
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pen, India Ink

Alice Woudhuysen - Framed Contemporary Oil, Parrot in a Pear Tree
Located in Corsham, GB
from a praying tabby cat. The composition has been executed in a naive artistic style with oodles of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

An Unwelcome Surprise, 19th Century
Located in Blackwater, GB
French scene of two pug puppies startling a tabby cat in a barn, oil on canvas. Signed indistinctly but
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Untitled (After Kleberg)" Contemporary Abstract Rainbow Staircase Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled (Double Arch)" Contemporary Abstract Interior Staircase Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Untitled (Barrel Vault and Moon)" Contemporary Abstract Staircase Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Spray Paint

"Untitled (Freestanding Yellow Arch)" Contemporary Architectural Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled (Blown Out)" Contemporary Abstract Architectural Staircase Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled (Impossible Barrel Vault)" Contemporary Architectural Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Feline Good, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
>Words that describe this painting: cat, impressionism, Sweet Peas, flowers, happy, garden
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

The Odd Couple, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist CommentsA yellow tabby cat captures attention with its enigmatic and inviting gaze
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

People Also Browsed

"New England Landscape with Barns, " Andrew Nathaniel Wyeth, American Art
Located in New York, NY
Andrew Nathaniel Wyeth (American, b. 1948) New England Landscape with Barns, 1974 Watercolor and pencil on Bainbridge watercolor board 20 x 30 inches Signed and dated lower right Pr...
Category

1970s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Board, Watercolor

Tonala Folk Art Pottery Charger, Hand Painted Rabbit, Mexico, circa 1970's
By Tonala Pottery
Located in Chatham, ON
Tonala folk art pottery charger or wall plate - large size - hand made and hand painted with a rabbit, bird and foliage - elaborate border - unsigned - Mexico - circa 1970's. Exc...
Category

Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Spanish Revival Octagon Side or Drum Table Artes De Mexico Internationales SA
By Artes De Mexico Internacionales, SA
Located in Topeka, KS
Incredible Spanish Revival Rustic Style Artes De Mexico Internationales SA octagon hand painted side table, drum table, or cabinet with open storage. This piece has been attributed b...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Rustic Side Tables

Materials

Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Large Buffalo Skull with Native American Foot Print
Located in Asheville, NC
This Extra Large buffalo skull features black horns decorated with two red foot prints. It skull has a natural rustic beauty. The red animal footprints on the horns appear to be thos...
Category

Late 20th Century Animal Sculptures

Pair of Tonala Mexico Pottery Modernist Horse Figurines Hand Painted
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
A pair of modernist horse figurines, made in Tonala, Mexico, is in a great vintage condition with no signs of use. The figurines are a size of large chopsticks or knife rests, but i...
Category

Late 20th Century Mexican Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Fitz and Floyd Reagan White House Dinner Plate by Robert C. Floyd, 1983
Located in Gardena, CA
Fitz and Floyd Reagan White House Dinner Plate, 1983 A cobalt blue ground and gilt Great Seal of the United States to top central rims. Gilt accents to the edges and inner rim wit...
Category

20th Century Empire Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Ebonized Hand-Painted Mexican Wedding Trunk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This gorgeous antique wooden wedding trunk from Michoacán Mexico dates to the early 1900s. A stunning two-piece set, it consists of the trunk and the base upon which it rests. Wit...
Category

Early 20th Century Mexican Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Pine

Hand Painted Mexican Folk Art Hanging Wind Chime
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hand Painted Mexican Folk Art Hanging Wind Chime ,
Category

Vintage 1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Terracotta, String, Wood

Mexican Vintage Tonala Pottery Hand Painted Bird
By Tonala Pottery
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mexican Tonala hand painted pottery bird Folk Art. Flora de la Cruz Acapulco Gro Mexico hand painted bird dove ceramic. Warm earth tone polychrome colors with abstract desi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Pottery

19th Century Bronze Sculpture of a Boy Walking into Water by Ruffino Besserdich
By Ruffino Besserdich
Located in North Miami, FL
19th century Belle Époque bronze sculpture with greenish patina of a boy walking into water by sculptor Ruffino Besserdich By: Ruffino Besserdich Material: bronze, copper, metal Tec...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Copper

Vintage tropical carved wood and hand painted dresser by Arte De Mexico
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage tropical carved wood and hand painted dresser by Arte De Mexico (San Fernando Valley, 1990s). Vintage condition, patina and wear on paint.
Category

1990s American Dressers

Materials

Wood, Paint

CLINIQUE CHÉRON Lithograph, Girl with Cats, Dogs, Vintage French Advertising 58"
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Union City, NJ
CLINIQUE CHÉRON is a fine art lithographic re-creation after the original 1905 vintage French advertising poster created by Théophile Steinlen for the veterinary CLINIQUE CHÉRON Fran...
Category

1990s Art Nouveau Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Hawaiian Fishermen" Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Hawaiian Fishermen" lithograph by Salvador Dalí (circa 1970s) with "Arches France" blind stamp. Newly framed and matted , UV protected. Numbered I87/175. Dimensions: 22"H x 33.5"W...
Category

Vintage 1970s French Decorative Art

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

19th Century Painting From Mexico in Gilt Frame
Located in Houston, TX
The 19th Century Painting from Mexico in Gilt Frame is a captivating work of art that showcases the rich artistic tradition of the region. Set within an ornate gilt frame, the painti...
Category

Antique 19th Century Mexican Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Jamie Hewlett - Hawaiian Crow
Located in Kettering, GB
Giclee print in colours, 2011, on Somerset 330gsm paper, signed in pencil, inscribed ‘A/P’ (an artist’s proof aside from the edition of 125), from the portfolio Ghosts of Gone Birds,...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper

Jamie Hewlett - Hawaiian Crow
Jamie Hewlett - Hawaiian Crow
H 22.05 in W 18.31 in D 1.19 in
I AM the Fearless One - Elephant Courage Abstract Expressionist Painting Blue
By Karnish Art
Located in Cullinan, ZA
Title: I AM the Fearless One Striking artwork depicting courage and bravery, calmness and care. Elephant Striking abstract work Blue This work is part of the I AM series. It is part...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Recent Sales

Oil on Canvas of Cat and Kittens
By Edouard Paillet
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas of recumbent tabby before a straw laid wicker basket with two kittens bearing label
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Paintings

Oil on Canvas of Cat and Kittens
H 10.5 in W 14 in D 0.1 in
Cat Icon (Sleeping Tabby Cat) (Cat Nap)
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
"Cat Icon (Sleeping Tabby Cat) (Cat Nap)", 2023. Hand signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

English early 20th century oil painting portrait of a Tabby Cat or Kitten
By Wilson Hepple
Located in Woodbury, CT
man because of his many high-quality cat paintings. This is a rare oil painting example, as many of
Category

1920s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

English early 20th century oil painting portrait of a Tabby Cat or Kitten
By Wilson Hepple
Located in Woodbury, CT
man because of his many high-quality cat paintings. This is a rare oil painting example, as many of
Category

1920s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Cat Fish" Contemporary Pink Toned Surrealist Still Life Painting
By Henry David Potwin
Located in Houston, TX
tabby cat looking at an orange goldfish in a fishbowl. Signed in the front lower left corner. Titled and
Category

2010s Surrealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th-Century German School, Kitchen Interior With Cat, Oil Painting
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century German oil painting depicts a kitchen with chair, cat and various
Category

1860s Folk Art Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Untitled (Large Sawtooth II)" Contemporary Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Untitled (Interior with Chair)" Contemporary Architectural Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Interior Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Kate Sowerby (act.1883-1900) - 1889 Watercolour, Dog and Cat Fight over Table
Located in Corsham, GB
a fight between a Jack Russell dog and a Tabby Cat over a table. In delicate brushstrokes, the
Category

19th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Antique French Oil on Canvas Painting of Kittens L. Cabaniez, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
painted tabby mother cat seated in a basket with two kittens in the centre of the composition as another
Category

Antique 1850s French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Catch of the Day
By Louis Recchia
Located in Denver, CO
orange tabby cat in a sweater with a fishing rod and fish floating around it.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Finders Keepers
By Louis Recchia
Located in Denver, CO
orange tabby cat holding a mason jar where a tiny green alien is trapped and a crashed UFO can be spotted
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

"Untitled (Impossible Arch)" Contemporary Architectural Staircase Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

"Untitled (Doorway Under Grand Staircase)" Contemporary Architectural Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Untitled (Large Fluorescent Red and Blue Portal)" Contemporary Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Desert Sphinx Supreme (Charlotte Rampling) (Self-Portrait)
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Charlotte Rampling with butterfly wings and the body of a tabby cat, and a Mark Rothko style background with
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Charley Harper Midcentury Dog and Cat Serigraph Signed Limited Edition
By Charley Harper
Located in Cincinnati, OH
tabby cat colorful serigraph titled "Improbable Pair" is from his limited edition series. Famous for his
Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art

Engr on Paper "The Large Cat" Francois Vivares after Cornelis Visscher, C. 1749
Located in Shippensburg, PA
Visscher's painting of "The Large Cat", also known as "Sleeping Cat", originally depicts a tabby
Category

Antique Mid-18th Century British Prints

Materials

Glass, Ebony, Paper

Tabby Cat
By Alexis Kandra
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Tabby Cat, oil paint, holographic foil, domestic cat, figurative, animal, grid
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Oil

Tabby Cat
Tabby Cat
H 3.5 in W 3.5 in D 0.75 in
Modernist Tabby Cat
By Molly E. Brubaker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and colorful painting of a cat grooming itself surrounded by vivid shapes with abstract and
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Discovery & Mischief. Tabby Kitten at Play.Original Edwardian Pastel Drawing Cat
By Cecil Ackland Hunt
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
accompanied his father on numerous painting trips, in particular to Sark, and painted landscapes like his
Category

Early 20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Cardboard

'Woman with Cat" Contemporary Renaissance Style Portrait, oil on panel framed
By Amy Hill
Located in New York, NY
young woman with braided golden red hair, holding an orange tabby cat. This portrait references the
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Chaton 26, " Oil Painting
By Marina Dieul
Located in Denver, CO
Marina Dieul's "Chaton 26" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a orange tabby cat
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Woman Knitting by Cabin', American Frontier Life Oil, Westward Expansion, Cat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Early American frontier life showing a peaceful scene of a young woman knitting and seated, with a tabby
Category

1830s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Gouache

Framed 1880 Oil - Victorian Girl & Kitten
Located in Corsham, GB
, tabby cat. The artist has caught the sitter wearing a beautiful bobble white dress and blue sash, with
Category

Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Yūrei
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Yūrei, 2021, ink and watercolor on watercolor paper. Black and White, orange, tabby, cat
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Yūrei
Yūrei
H 9 in W 7 in D 0.07 in
"Untitled (Large Pink and Blue Sawtooth)" Contemporary Geometric Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
-year-old, and cohabitates with two rescued tabby cats.
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Spray Paint, Acrylic

Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Maine Coon Tabby Cat Dated to 1916 from Rokeby Park
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The charming early 20th century oil on canvas, presented unframed, depicting a Maine Coone tabby
Category

Vintage 1910s English High Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

19th Century English School Oil on Canvas Study of a Cat, circa 1882
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The charming late 19th century oil on canvas, presented unframed, depicting a tabby cat, shown
Category

Antique 1880s English Late Victorian Paintings

Materials

Canvas

George V Silver Mounted Porcelain Menu Holder Cats - Signed R. Ward-Binks
By Asprey International Limited
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
cats. The reverse signed and dated; "Tabby Jim__Red Jim" R.Ward-Binks 1916. On domed oval base with 'D
Category

Early 20th Century English Sterling Silver

Materials

Silver

Tabby Cat
By Erik Freyman
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor of a charming Tabby cat, very nicely executed by Russian-American artist Erik
Category

Early 2000s Realist Animal Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Get Updated with New Arrivals
Save "Tabby Cat Painting", and we’ll notify you when there are new listings in this category.

Tabby Cat Painting For Sale on 1stDibs

Surely you’ll find the exact tabby cat painting you’re seeking on 1stDibs — we’ve got a vast assortment for sale. If you’re looking for a tabby cat painting from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a tabby cat painting to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, brown, beige, pink and more. There have been many interesting tabby cat painting examples over the years, but those made by Daniel Handal, Louis Recchia, Roxanna Melendez, Shelli Langdale and Thomas John Carlson are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Frequently made by artists working in paint, acrylic paint and synthetic resin paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Tabby Cat Painting?

The average selling price for a tabby cat painting we offer is $3,375, while they’re typically $90 on the low end and $8,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Tabby Cat Painting
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Yes, Andy Warhol did paint cats. Before reaching the height of his success, he lived in a New York apartment with his mother and 25 cats. He would paint his cats in his spare time. Find a collection of expertly vetted Andy Warhol pieces from some of the world’s top reputable sellers on 1stDibs.

Read More

Art Brings the Drama in These Intriguing 1stDibs 50 Spaces

The world’s top designers explain how they display art to elicit the natural (and supernatural) energy of home interiors.

Welcome (Back) to the Wild, Wonderful World of  Walasse Ting

Americans are rediscovering the globe-trotting painter and poet, who was connected to all sorts of art movements across a long and varied career.

In Francks Deceus’s ‘Mumbo Jumbo #5,’ the Black Experience Is . . . Complicated

Despite the obstacles, the piece’s protagonist navigates the chaos without losing his humanity.

With Works Like ‘Yours Truly,’ Arthur Dove Pioneered Abstract Art in America

New York gallery Hirschl & Adler is exhibiting the bold composition by Dove — who’s hailed as the first American abstract painter — at this year’s Winter Show.

Donald Martiny’s Jumbo Brushstrokes Magnify the Undeniable Personality of Paint

How can a few simple gestures — writ extra, extra, extra large — contain so much beauty and drama?

Patrick Hughes’s 3D Painting Takes Us on a Magical Journey through Pop Art History

The illusions — and allusions — never end in this mind-boggling portrayal of an all-star Pop art show on a beach.

Mid-Century Americans Didn’t Know Antonio Petruccelli’s Name, but They Sure Knew His Art

The New York artist created covers for the nation’s most illustrious magazines. Now, the originals are on display as fine art.

Learn Why There Have Been So Many Great Women Painters

Featuring iconic works by more than 300 female artists, a new book makes a more than compelling case for casting off the patriarchal handcuffs that have bound the art historical canon for far too long.