Jun 05, 2018 - Sale 2480

Sale 2480 - Lot 59

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
EDWARD GOREY.
Group of sketches for Dracula. Three separate drawings framed and matted together. Blue and black ink on paper. Measurements as hown. Three notes and a title design by Gorey within the first drawing. All tipped with archival tape along top edge. Circa 1977.

Additional Details

First drawing of skulls and wings, as generally used in the Dracula stage performance set design. Blue and black ink with three notes by Gorey. 203x127 mm; 8x5 inches Bat ornament at head of column. Black ink and graphite on onionskin paper. 2x1 1/4 inches on slightly larger paper. Few marginal creases Two bats with skull bodies. Black ink on paper; multiple ink dashes on both recto and verso. 203x127 mm; 8x5 inches. Vertical and horizontal soft creases.