Thursday, May 27, 2010
The Dripping Faucet
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Gorey Gorey Everywhere
The Edward Gorey House in Yarmouth Port, MA currently has Artful Associations: Edward Gorey and Famous Authors. Not only is this exhibition a one-of-a-kind chance to see many pieces of original art and ephemera, but the museum is actually Edward Gorey's house! The museum is staffed by knowledgeable and friendly people, some whom personally knew Mr. Gorey. View the exhibits, ask questions, and immerse yourself in the ultimate Gorey experience! Be sure and look through your copy of Kevin McDermott's Elephant House: or, The Home of Edward Gorey before hand to see what the house looked like when Mr. Gorey lived in it, or pick up a copy in the gift shop.
The extensive traveling exhibit, Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey will be at the Orlando Museum of Art from August 13 through October 31. This "don't miss" exhibition was culled from Mr. Gorey's vast archives and features original art from his most famous books.
The most exotic location for an Edward Gorey exhibition is the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu, HI. Musing of Mystery and Alphabets of Agony: The Work of Edward Gorey will be on display from September 19 through December 5 with over 500 Gorey items from the Carollo collection on display. Mr. Carollo donated his extensive collection to the University in 2003. The show will also borrow items from the Gorey estate.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Tragedies Topiares Postcards
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Beginning To End
Collaboration is always a loosely used term when referencing Edward Gorey-illustrated works. When working with authors, Mr. Gorey would receive the finished text and whatever instructions were to be given to him and then he would produce illustrations as dictated by his inspiration.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Major Gorey Collection Gets Donated
EthiopianReview.com | May 4th, 2010 (a shorter version of this article also appeared in the New York Times)
Illustrator Edward Gorey’s Works Donated to Columbia
A large and important collection of works by the idiosyncratic illustrator, designer and writer, Edward Gorey (1925-2000), has been donated to Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library by Andrew Alpern. Numbering more than 700 items, the collection includes nearly every edition of every work published by Gorey, in addition to illustrations for dust jackets and magazines, original drawings, etchings, posters and design ephemera. By any measure, this is a major gathering of Gorey’s work.
Born in Chicago, Edward Gorey attended Harvard after WW II, and then became an illustrator for Doubleday Anchor in New York City. At the same time, he began writing and illustrating his own distinctive works, in a style that evoked a fin-de-siecle atmosphere. Gorey is perhaps best known for the animated opening sequence to the long-running PBS television series, Mystery! In 1977, he won a Tony for best costume and set design for work he did for Dracula, starring Frank Langella. A very limited edition of photographs of the set design drawings were made, and one copy is part of the Alpern gift.
Andrew Alpern is a noted architectural historian and attorney who has been active in historic preservation for a long time. The author of nine books and scores of articles, Alpern recently donated to the Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library at Columbia his superb collection of drawing instruments from the early eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. The Columbia University Libraries recently published a catalogue of that collection, The Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments. Alpern’s interest in Gorey goes back to the many occasions when he would see the illustrator at the Gotham Book Mart, a famous Manhattan bookstore. Andreas Brown, who owned the Book Mart, had taken an early interest in Gorey and helped promote Gorey’s work at his store. In 1980, Alpern published a collection of ephemera by Gorey.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Two John Bellairs Titles
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