{"product_id":"cat-by-phaidon","title":"Cat by Phaidon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver 210 images trace the cat's long residence in the human imagination — sacred in ancient Egypt, anthropomorphised in Victorian illustration, ubiquitous now on runways and screens. This is less a book to read cover to cover than one to fall into: Warhol beside a maneki-neko, Hiroshige beside Thom Browne, the Cheshire Cat beside an artist's own pet, caught mid-stretch in the corner of a studio. The pairings are playful, but the argument underneath is serious — that no other animal has been so consistently pressed into service as a mirror for our own obsessions, anxieties, and taste. A foreword by Hannah Shaw and an essay by curator Leïla Jarbouai give the collection its scholarly ballast, though the book wears its erudition lightly. Bound in a cover carrying a single curled black cat, watchful as ever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WellCat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43960793694326,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/6820\/7734\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-08at12.02.03pm.png?v=1786154644","url":"https:\/\/wellcat.com.au\/products\/cat-by-phaidon","provider":"WellCat","version":"1.0","type":"link"}