The other guests enjoyed a lively game of Blind Man's Bluff
1988
illustration for The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base, published by Viking Kestrel/Penguin Books Australia, Melbourne, 1988, p. [18]
Medium
watercolour, gouache, coloured pencil, pencil and pen and ink
Measurements
39.8 × 29.9 cm irreg. (image) 50.9 × 36.7 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Albert Ullin OAM, 2014
© Graeme Base
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Written and illustrated by Graeme Base, the mystery picture book The Eleventh Hour revolves around Horace the Elephant’s eleventh birthday party, to which he invites his ten best animal friends. Before the guests can enjoy the wonderful feast, they must play eleven party games. By eleven o’clock, the time of the feast, a shocking discovery is made: someone has eaten all the food! It is up to the reader to identify the thief by deciphering the messages and codes on each page. The question is, Did the grey cat do it?
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: G Base / '88
Accession Number
2014.562
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest