A Preliminary Inventory of His Art Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center
Creator:
Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000
Title:
Edward Gorey Art Collection
Dates:
circa 1950-1976 (bulk undated)
Extent:
1 box (33 prints, 6 drawings)
Abstract:
Thirty-nine works on paper by the
American illustrator, writer, and designer Edward Gorey. Included are drawings
that
predate his undergraduate career at Harvard, as well as later book illustrations
and
cover designs.
Call Number:
Art Collection
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Please note that a minimum of 24 hours notice is required to pull
art materials to the Ransom Center's Reading and Viewing Room. Some materials
may be
restricted from viewing. To make an appointment or to reserve art materials, please
contact the Center's staff at art@hrc.utexas.edu
The Edward Gorey Art Collection consists of 39 works on paper (33 prints and 6
drawings) created or produced from illustrations by Gorey. Included are an edition
of The Nursery Frieze (1964) mounted on foam board;
cover designs for Samuel Beckett's All Strange Away
(1976); a series of screen prints published in 1974 by Galerie Daniel Keel, a
subsidiary of Diogenes Verlag; and several undated intaglio prints signed by Gorey.
The works are listed by accession number. When possible, titles were transcribed from
the items and appear in single quotes; all other information supplied by the
cataloger.
Related Material
The Harry Ransom Center has several other related collections. The W. H. Crain
Costume and Scenic Design Collection contains a portfolio of material pertaining
to
Gorey’s sets and costumes for a 1977 production of Dracula. The Edward Gorey
Collection consists of numerous manuscripts of poems, prose, and short stories–many
with drawings–and correspondence. Additional materials can be found in the Mel
Gussow Collection, the Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Papers, the Steven Moore Collection
of
Alexander Theroux, the Edward Gorey Literary File, and the Center's library.
Item List
Accession Number: 73.358.1-16
'The Nursery Frieze', circa 1964 item : prints on paper, mounted on Fome-Cor (TM), 17.6 x
57.8 cm
Location Box 1
Accession Number: 73.359.1
Woman sitting on chair, spilled wine glass on the floor, undated drawing : ink, 18.3 x 11.3 cm
Location Box 1.3
Accession Number: 73.359.2
Cover design for Hadrian’s Memoirs by
Marguerite Yourcenar, undated drawing : ink, 18.1 x 10.6 cm
Location Box 1.3
Accession Number: 73.359.3
'Hauntings', undated drawing : ink, 29.2 x 18.7 cm
Location Box 1.3
Accession Number: 73.359.4
Illustration for Merry, Rose, and
Christmas-Tree June by Doris Orgel, undated drawing : ink, 29.2 x 18.4 cm
Location Box 1.3
Accession Number: 73.359.5
'They’re Calling', Illustration for Merry, Rose, and
Christmas-Tree June by Doris Orgel, undated drawing : ink, 21.0 x 16.2 cm
Location Box 1.3
Accession Number: 76.115.1
Man and woman dancing, 1974 print : screen print, 23.8 x 29.8 cm
Location Box 1.4
Accession Number: 76.115.2
Twelve people at a party, 1974 print : screen print, 23.8 x 29.8 cm
Location Box 1.4
Accession Number: 76.115.3
Man looking over his shoulder, 1974 print : screen print, 23.8 x 29.8 cm
Location Box 1.4
Accession Number: 76.115.4
Man and woman drinking wine, 1974 print : screen print, 23.8 x 29.8 cm
Location Box 1.4
Accession Number: 76.115.5
Seven people sitting in a theatre balcony, 1974 print : screen print, 23.8 x 29.8 cm
Location Box 1.4
Accession Number: 76.115.6
Woman sitting at a vanity, woman standing, 1974 print : screen print, 23.8 x 29.8 cm
Location Box 1.4
Accession Number: 76.115.7
Woman with sheet music, man in fur coat, 1974 print : screen print, 23.8 x 29.8 cm
Location Box 1.4
Accession Number: 78.20.1
Child on a cliff, stuffed bear falling off a cliff, undated print : etching, 35.6 x 30.2 cm
Location Box 1.5
Accession Number: 78.20.2
Insect on a unicycle, undated print : etching, 35.6 x 30.2 cm
Location Box 1.5
Accession Number: 78.20.3
Skeleton creature with a skeleton baby on its back, undated print : etching, 35.6 x 30.2 cm
Location Box 1.5
Accession Number: 78.20.4
Child standing on a mattress looking at a creature, undated print : etching, 35.6 x 30.2 cm
Location Box 1.5
Accession Number: 78.20.5
Woman standing under a creature, undated print : etching, 35.6 x 30.2 cm
Location Box 1.5
Accession Number: 78.20.6
Child sitting in a chair under a creature, undated print : etching, 35.6 x 28.9 cm
Location Box 1.5
Accession Number: 78.63.1-3
Paper cover designs for All Strange Away
by Samuel Beckett, with a handwritten note by Andreas Brown concerning the
hand-printed paper cover publication, 1976 print : photoengraving, 30.6 x 21.6
cm
Location Box 1.6
Accession Number: 78.266
Brochure for Gotham Book Mart with a quotation by John Locke on
books, undated print, 22.9 x 19 cm
Location Box 1.1
Accession Number: 2002.7
Male figure wearing a long overcoat, circa 1950 drawing : ink, 17.1 x 26.8 cm
