Art, Symbol & Imagination
Sit on the Ice: The Bear’s Lost Tail
Small brightly dressed animals stand beside icy water beneath snow-covered trees and distant houses. The pale winter ground is enclosed by a decorative border. The facing instruction to sit on the ice belongs to the trick that explains the bear’s short tail.
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Jean de Bosschere. "Sit on the Ice: The Bear’s Lost Tail" [editorial title]. In Beasts and Men, Folk tales collected in Flanders and illustrated by Jean de Bosschère. Supplied illustrated edition from William Heinemann; Dodd, Mead & Company, undated edition, William Heinemann; Dodd, Mead & Company. Source scan leaf 235. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0258-0225
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Jean de Bosschere. Sit on the Ice: The Bear’s Lost Tail. Beasts and Men. Scan leaf 235. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0258-0225