Books and Manuscripts

Gorey, Edward
Original Illustration for “The Broken Spoke”
Circa 1976. Pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper, signed by Gorey in pencil below image. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (140 x 89 mm) illustration on 7 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (197 x 187 mm) sheet. In mat and in frame, 13 1/4 x 11 in. (336 x 279 mm).

A spectacular and fine original illustration by Edward Gorey for his humorous bicycling postcards that make up his book, The Broken Spoke. This is the third illustration from that volume, and depicts the “Contestants in the annual Trans-Novaya Zemlya Bicycle Race.”