Signed & matted photo by Dorothy Holby


Item Number: 183

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $20

Online Close: Aug 18, 2013 9:00 PM CDT

Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!

Description

This 8x10 signed photo of a cat by photographer Dorothy Holby (late) would be beautiful framed.


Dorothy was born in Chicago in 1922 and grew up in Oak Park, IL. She attended Baldwin Wallace University in Ohio and taught Spanish at Northeastern Illinois college in Chicago until 1978. Growing up her family always had cats. After retiring from teaching, she took several drawing and photography classes. She began to specialize in photographing cats and produced thousands of images including almost every breed. She submitted her work and during the 1980's her photos were used in hundreds of calendars and numerous magazine covers. She was a regular contributor to Cat Fancy magazine. 


In addition she was an author, publishing over 50 articles on cat behavior and cat photography. During this time, she and her husband Eric, always had five or six rescue cats and they also fostered other cats  until homes were found. She passed away at the age of 90 in 2012 with two cats by her side.


She and her husband Eric established a foundation which helps fund animal welfare causes. Your purchase of her work will help C & W care for special needs rescues.