Leopard At Play, by Walter Addison, Amer., (1914-1982) ON HOLD Gouache and signed in pencil below

and signed in pencil below lower right on the platemark

mostly focused on floral

old tape stain to  top center outer margin edge

titled dated and numbered in pencil

very faint mat line and a little waviness to sheet edges

Leopard At Play, by Walter Addison, Amer., (1914-1982) ON HOLD Gouache and signed in pencil belowPen and Ink Drawing, with wash over Brown Conte Crayon, 1940, 6 x 8 1 2 on a sheet 8 3 8 x 10 7 8, toned within old mat opening with a few tiny spots of foxing, a tiny paper loss left of head, signed in ink, dated 40 in crayon. Walter Addision was an accomplished illustrator early in his career, but excelled at drawing, painting and sculpting animals, in a clean lyrical deco style. He was employed by the Bronx Zoo, where he made hundreds of drawings