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Sale 2574 | Lot 97
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Sale 2574 - Lot 97
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
EDWARD GOREY (1925-2000)
"You've written me to no avail, Because I never read my mail." Postcard design created by Gorey for the purpose of replying to fan mail, 1979. Pen and ink with dashes of correction fluid on paper. 158x108 mm; 6 1/4x4 1/4 inches, on 11 1/2x7 1/4-inch sheet. Unsigned (as Gorey would sign his name across the diagonal band before sending), but measurement, trim marks, and dated "?ix.79 - I.c.79" inked in lower right corner.
Provenance: Archives of the printer, Oliphant Press.
"You've written me to no avail, Because I never read my mail." Postcard design created by Gorey for the purpose of replying to fan mail, 1979. Pen and ink with dashes of correction fluid on paper. 158x108 mm; 6 1/4x4 1/4 inches, on 11 1/2x7 1/4-inch sheet. Unsigned (as Gorey would sign his name across the diagonal band before sending), but measurement, trim marks, and dated "?ix.79 - I.c.79" inked in lower right corner.
Provenance: Archives of the printer, Oliphant Press.
Condition:
Slight toning to surface, faint darker spot of toning or offsetting to lower left portion of drawing into margin (unobtrusive), a touch of smudging to upper left corner, paper raised stamp in lower left corner. Ink smudge on verso with a few stray marks near it, 1x2-inch piece of cellotape holding remnant of onionskin paper along top edge of verso.
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