ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for International Primate Day: Munch’s Mandrill
Happy International Primate Day, celebrated on September 1st annually. Though now recognized as a Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx), this work is also still known as Gorilla, based on an earlier misidentification. Apparently even Munch himself wasn’t sure what kind of primate it was, calling it an orangutan in notes found on another…
