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Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 89 (front cover); and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 60.
This little terracotta monkey, holding its head in its hand, was bought by Leo because it reminded him of how he felt in the war-time Siberian gulag. Leo named the monkey "Oy vay", as it looked as though it was saying "Oh, woe is me!".
Animals, 1996, III, no. 89 (front cover); and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 60.
This little terracotta monkey, holding its head in its hand, was bought by Leo because it reminded him of how he felt in the war-time Siberian gulag. Leo named the monkey "Oy vay", as it looked as though it was saying "Oh, woe is me!".