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Lot 464
Sale 800 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
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Nov 12, 2020
4:00AM CT
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Nov 13, 2020
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Lot Description
GOREY, Edward (1925-2000). Two Beanbag Animals. Figbash. Ca 1980s?
Cloth dolls, filled with rice, each approximately 7-in. tall with approximately 19-in. wingspan. 2 Figbash characters in holiday-themed cloth: one in green cloth with peppermint candy desigh, one in green cloth with poinsettia design.
The original Figbash dolls were done in black fabric and created to accompany the lettered copies of The Raging Tide. They were often sold at Gorey's stage productions, and, according to Toledano, "were handmade by Gorey" (see p. 156).
The original Figbash dolls were done in black fabric and created to accompany the lettered copies of The Raging Tide. They were often sold at Gorey's stage productions, and, according to Toledano, "were handmade by Gorey" (see p. 156).
Property from the Collection of Thomas J. Barrett