
Christopher Dawson
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Provenance
With Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin, 23 June 2010, where acquired by the present owners
Private Collection, U.K.
Although Cook rarely undertook specific commissions there were a few occasions when she responded positively to the request. One of these came from Penguin Books when they celebrated their 50th birthday in 1985. She produced a small series of paintings featuring their eponymous bird in distinctly un-natural poses including Penguin Reading, which shows a short-sighted male penguin keeping an egg warm whilst reading a copy of Cook's own first book, The Works.