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Hansa Aardvark |
Hansa makes the best, most realistic stuffed toys I've seen. I first noticed them at
Sweet William on N. 6th Street, which has a fantastic rotating collection of polar bears, black sheep, and vultures. No cloying bunnies in this collection. These are fierce, sometimes obscure, always amusing critters.
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The Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London, by Walton Ford |
They remind me of the work of American artist
Walton Ford...
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Walton Ford at Paul Kasmin Gallery |
But until I have many tens of thousands to drop on one of his gorgeous paintings (inspired, in part, by the famous Audubon prints) I might settle for this handsome bison.
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Hansa Bison |
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