Edward Gorey Cat Illustrations

Edward St. John Gorey 1 February 22, 1925 - April 15, 2000 was an American writer, Tony Award-winning costume designer, 2 and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for books by other writers. 3 His characteristic pen-and-ink drawings often depict vaguely unsettling narrative scenes in Victorian and Edwardian settings.

At the reprinting of another 10,000 copies of Gorey Games, Troubador ran the guts for a hardcover edition limited to seven-hundred-fifty copies with a previously unpublished Gorey drawing bound in1979 catalog cover. In 1981 I contacted Shirley Henschel with a proposal for a book of Gorey cats paper dolls. He would not have to draw anything.

Until the wonderful Lost Cat A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology came out, the great Edward Gorey had the corner on feline art with his timeless illustrations for the 1982 edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats public library by T. S. Eliot, a documented cat-lover, who penned these whimsical verses about feline psychology and social order in a series of letters

He explained the power of cats in succinct terms, their value encapsulated in a mantra for happiness quotBooks. Cats. Life is Good.quot When he died in 2000, Gorey left his entire estate to animal charities, including an animal rescue for cats and dogs. Eliot's cats were in good hands

Included are a pen and ink illustration of a cat drawn for a limited edition of the Gorey omnibus Amphigorey, an award-winning compilation of his first fifteen books the whimsical Water Ballet Frog, created for a small run of greeting cards published in 1977 and a delightful engraving entitled Seated Green Elephant.

Edward Gorey's signature quotGorey Catquot bursts onto the scene in 1972 with the publication of Amphigorey, the first anthology of his published works.Gorey has refined and perfected his Cat specifically for Amphigorey.The Cat appears multiple times within the dust jacket design, cavorting amongst the large letters spelling out the title of the volume.

Edward Gorey, Cat Fancy, cover illustration for the December 20, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, watercolor, graphite and ink, 1993. Sold June 2019 for 16,250. This trifecta of cats, fancy inkwork, and color play united in the original cover art created circa 1993 for The New Yorker. It was hidden for decades in the magazine's archives

Edward Gorey cats Chicago born self-taught artist and writer Edward Gorey was one of the most important figures in contemporary art. His black-and-white style illustrations decorated editions of such eminent writers as Edgar Allan Poe, HG Wells, TS Eliot, Samuel Beckett and John Updike.

The image on the cover of this week's issue was submitted by Edward Gorey more than twenty-five years ago. In 1992, when Tina Brown, as a new editor, sought to rejuvenate the magazine, she

An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine. An illustration of an open book. Books. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000. Publication date 1986 Topics Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000, Cats in art Publisher New York, N.Y. Adama Books Collection internetarchivebooks printdisabled inlibrary