A Day for George

Edward Rothstein reviews the Curious George exhibit at the Jewish Museum:

Curious George and his world seem almost to have been a refuge in which historical forces were held at bay by a focus on the timeless innocence of childhood, sensed in the artificial world of this strangely tailless monkey.

Curious George

Hans A. Rey (1939)

Curious George

Hans A. Rey (1952)

Curious George

Hans A. Rey (1939-40)

Posted: 15 April 2010

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