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Lot 77

Sale 5708 - Books and Manuscripts
Nov 16, 2023 11:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Children's & Illustrated] Gorey, Edward: Group of 8 Framed Posters and Prints

Gorey, Edward
Group of 8 Framed Posters and Prints

Mystery!
No place, ca. 1980s. Printed color poster advertising the PBS television series, Mystery! 22 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (sight) (557 x 393 mm). Signed by Gorey bottom right. In frame, 23 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (590 x 412 mm). Toledano p. 159

Striped Pink Elephant
No place, no date. Limited edition print of a pink elephant, #85/95, signed by Gorey. 9 x 10 in. (sight) (229 x 254 mm). In frame, 16 1/4 x 16 13/16 in. (425 x 431 mm). Toledano p. 162

Gorey Theater Dance
No place, no date (ca. 1990s). Limited edition print, #1320/1750. Produced for the PBS catalog, Signals. 11 x 9 in. (sight) (279 x 228 mm). In frame, 16 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. (419 x 362 mm). Toledano p. 161

Edward Gorey: The First British Exhibition
London, 1979. Printed poster for a British exhibition of Gorey's work at the Francis Kyle Gallery from February 20-March 23, 1979. Signed by Gorey bottom right. 15 1/2 x 19 3/4 in. (397 x 501 mm). In frame, 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 (520 x 419 mm). Toledano p. 159

Theater On The Bay Presents…
No place, ca. 1995. Limited edition poster for a production of Oscar Wilde's Salome, #6/50 numbered copies, signed by Gorey bottom right. 16 x 10 1/2 in. (sight) (406 x 266 mm). The play was performed multiple days at the Theater on the Bay (Bourne, Massachusetts) in February of 1995, and was “preceded by a puppet production of Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil…designed and directed by" Gorey. In frame, 17 x 11 in. (432 x 279 mm). Toledano p. 159

A Bibliophile in His Library
(New York: Gotham Book Mart, ca. 1996). Limited edition print, signed by Gorey. 750 copies were produced and numbered 1-750, as well as 26 lettered copies, this copy marked “VII.” 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 (sight) (292 x 241 mm).  In frame, 13 x 9 in. (330 x 228 mm). Toledano p. 161

Cat Etching 
No place, no date. Limited edition etching, #12/50, with Gorey's embossed signature. Black and white. 8 x 4 1/2 in. (215 x 114 mm). In frame, 13 x 14 1/2 (330 x 365 mm). Toledano p. 162

Cotuit Center for the Arts presents…
No place, ca. 1998. Printed illustrated poster for An Entertainment with Music by Edward Gorey” held at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Signed by Gorey bottom right. 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (419 x 266 mm). In frame, 17 1/4 x 9 1/2 (438 x 241 mm). Toledano p. 159

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