VINTAGE large Edward GOREY print offers / poster 1970s The Object-Lesson A BAT Victorian attire Gothic Gory umbrella

This is a wonderful large-scale print that features the artwork of EDWARD GOREY. The print features a scene from his fourth book "THE OBJECT-LESSON," originally published in 1958. The three-paneled page shows a bleak landscape, bare trees, a BAT (or umbrella) and three people clad in the Victorian attire for which Gorey was fond of depicting, complete with tweed overcoats, top hats, and moustachioed men . The text reads: "On the shore, a bat, or possibly an umbrella, disengaged itself from the shrubbery, causing those nearby to recollect the miseries of childhood."


The print was part of a folio of work published in 1979 - the back bears the number 14 and a smaller illustration from a Broadway production of "Dracula."

It measures approx. 15 1/2 x 11" - with the image this large you can really see the intricate line work that Edward Gorey was famous for. It is in very good condition - there is just one very tiny tear at the lower left edge, only in the margin area. It comes in an archival sleeve, packed flat with three stiff inserts for safe shipping.

Suitable for framing, this would make a special gift for the Edward Gorey enthusiast, or the perfect addition to your own collection!


about Edward Gorey:

A truly offers prodigious and original artist, Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000), gave to the world over one hundred works, including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Doubtful Guest and The Wuggly Ump; prize-winning set and costume designs for innumerable theater productions from Cape Cod to Broadway; in 1978 he won a Tony Award for Costume design on the Broadway production of "Dracula." A remarkable number of illustrations in publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times, and in books by a wide array of authors including Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Hilaire Belloc, John Ciardi, Muriel Spark, Edmund Wilson, Peter Neumeyer, Virginia Woolf, H.G. Wells, Florence Parry Heide, Bram Stoker, Raymond Chandler, Gilbert & Sullivan, and many others. His well known animated credits for the PBS "Mystery" series have introduced him to millions of television viewers. Gorey's masterful pen and ink illustrations and his ironic, offbeat humor have brought him critical acclaim and an avid following throughout the world.


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