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EDWARD GOREY.
Early figure study.
Watercolor, pencil, pen and ink on stiff paper.
Drawing of a sexy young pin-up style girl.
279x127mm; 11x5 inches. Signed “Gorey” in
left margin. Tipped with single piece of
archival tape to window mount. Created by
Gorey in 1939 while a middle school student
before his studies at the Art Institute of
Chicago.
[2,000/3,000]
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EDWARD GOREY.
Pool scene.
Watercolor, pen, and ink on paper, of 10 chic
partygoers in sunglasses, espadrilles, capri pants
and midriff-baring tops, holding cocktails
while the sun sets above rolling dunes behind
them. 250x180mm; 9
7
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8
x7
1
/
4
inches, signed in
ink, lower right, glue remnants along top mar-
gin and position rules along side margins.
Likely created for an advertisement or possibly
TV Guide but unknown if actually used.
Circa 1960s.
[5,000/7,500]
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