A Polar Bear's Tale: The Twelve days of Christmas

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The Twelve days of Christmas - Ilonka Karasz

Twelve days of Christmas, 1949
illustrated by Ilonka Karasz (1896-1981)
assisted by T.E. Mergendahl, Jr.

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The Hungarian artist Ilonka Karasz was educated
at the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Budapest,
emigrating to America at an early age. She worked
as a designer and interior decorator, as well as a
painter and illustrator, contributing dozens of New
Yorker cover illustrations during her career. Karasz
was highly successful and productive in a field almost
entirely dominated by men. As a designer, she worked
in a number of media, including metalwork, textiles,
ceramics, and furniture
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