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EDWARD GOREY.
Cat in a Portable Niche.
Pen, ink, and watercolor. Drawing #36 from the exhibition “Plain & Coloured Drawings
by Edward Gorey,” at The Graham Gallery, NewYork City, 1974. 89x102 mm; 3
1
/
2
x4 inches,
image. Inscribed “For Burt & Korbus” and signed in full, in pencil, lower margin.
Remnants of masking tape along top edge verso.
[3,500/5,000]
Not since his first public art exhibition which took place at the Mandrake Book Shop near Harvard in
the early 1950s did Gorey create illustrations without a specific work or commission in mind. But in
1974, he drew new works solely intended for a gallery exhibition which was being organized by The
Graham Gallery in Manhattan. Gorey created 46 original pieces of art for the show which was called
Plain & Coloured Drawings by Edward Gorey. In an interview from 1977 he stated that the exhibition
was a unique experience for him and a rare treat for his admirers–Wilkin, Karen; editor, Ascending
Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey, NewYork, 2001.A 4-page gallery booklet was printed
listing the drawings, illustrating five of the pieces, and included a short essay by Brendan Gill about
Gorey’s work.The show was successful enough that Graham featured Mr. Gorey again in 1975.
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RED GROOMS and MIMI GROSS.
A Book of Drawings, with original gouache illustra-
tion. 17 reproductions of drawings plus Index. 8vo,
plain linen; dust jacket, soiled and with moderate
surface wear. Florence, 1961.
[800/1,200]
SIGNED BY GROSS AND GROOMS AND HAND
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NUM
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BERED
46/700.
WITH ORIGINAL GOUACHE DRAWING
BY GROSS
,
TWO INK DRAWINGS BY GROOMS
,
and an
Autograph Note Signed by Gross, all laid in.The gouache
is of a seated Italian peddler with cart, 215x135 mm, on
stiff board, with cellotape on verso holding a piece of mylar
guard, offsetting to first illustration where laid into book.
One ink drawing is similar to the first illustration in the
book, with “Il Piccolo Circo d’Ombra di Firenze” printed
on package on horse cart, 110x153 mm; the other, a self
portrait of Red and Mimi on a hilltop overlooking a vil-
lage, sketching side by side, 144x215 mm. Gross’s
accompanying note, to the recipient of the book and draw-
ings, apologizes for her delay in sending them.
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